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high ground
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Definition of HIGH GROUND
: a position of advantage or superiority; especially : an ethically superior position <took the moral high ground during the debate>
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First Known Use of HIGH GROUND
1853
Related to HIGH GROUND
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- better, bulge, catbird seat, drop, edge, advantage, inside track, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip hand
Rhymes with HIGH GROUND
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