the high road

noun

1

chiefly US : a morally proper way of doing something

Several local news programs reported the rumor, but the city newspaper took the high road and waited to see if anyone could confirm the story.

2

: an easy way to do something

The book claims to teach the high road to financial success.

Examples of the high road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The wistful 18th-century folk ballad—all about taking the high road or the low road back to the country’s largest and arguably most romantic expanse of water—has cropped up everywhere from The Simpsons to, well, every Scottish wedding on earth. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

Jon Lovitz refused to dwell on the past and instead took the high road in response to claims made by Crystal Hefner. — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Collins sought to take the high road, at least with the triumphant Yankees. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

But 18 months into Carney’s tenure, with trade talks once-again stalled and a flashy new alliance blooming with the European Union, the Canadian leader appears to be done taking the high road. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the high road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed