the high ground
noun
: a position in which one has an advantage over others
They claim to have the (intellectual) high ground in this debate.
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Or as Obi Wan Kenobi would put it, always have the high ground.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Enough time has passed, and there is enough room on the high ground for all.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
Morally, Mia has the high ground in the conversation.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Wallace and Murray allowed about half of the English soldiers to cross unimpeded before springing into action, attacking while their forces held the high ground.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024
Trump in some ways starts off with the high ground on key issues.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2024
His predecessor had started seizing the high ground in the nuclear age with bold ideas for controlling these diabolical weapons, and other presidents would continue, in time leading to arms-control and test-ban treaties, and helping (so far) to avert nuclear holocaust.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Until recently, one of the truisms of U.S. politics was that parties most often won by seizing the high ground of optimism.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The greatest hit, though, is an awesome sequence where marauders in parachutes and on gliders have the high ground in an all-out attack on Jack and Furiosa's War Rig.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Enough time has passed, and there is enough room on the high ground for all.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
Morally, Mia has the high ground in the conversation.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Wallace and Murray allowed about half of the English soldiers to cross unimpeded before springing into action, attacking while their forces held the high ground.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024
Trump in some ways starts off with the high ground on key issues.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2024
His predecessor had started seizing the high ground in the nuclear age with bold ideas for controlling these diabolical weapons, and other presidents would continue, in time leading to arms-control and test-ban treaties, and helping (so far) to avert nuclear holocaust.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
Until recently, one of the truisms of U.S. politics was that parties most often won by seizing the high ground of optimism.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The greatest hit, though, is an awesome sequence where marauders in parachutes and on gliders have the high ground in an all-out attack on Jack and Furiosa's War Rig.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
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“The high ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20high%20ground. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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