high road

See also: highroad

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ ɹəʊd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ ˌɹoʊd/

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Noun

high road (plural high roads)

1. (idiomatic) A course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable.
   • 1982 Nov. 22, Thomas Griffith, "A Tilt Called Cynicism," Time:

     The high road of public service and the low road of political advantage seem inextricably intertwined.

2. (chiefly British) A main road or highway.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 6, in The Black Arrow:

     There, a few yards before them, was the high road from Risingham to Shoreby, lying, at this point, between two even walls of forest.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high,‎ road.

Alternative forms

• highroad

Translations

course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable

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main road or highway — see highway

See also

• high street
• low road
• moral high ground

References

• “high road”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.