high ground

noun

Synonyms of high groundnext
: a position of advantage or superiority
especially : an ethically superior position
took the moral high ground during the debate

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one would have thought that having the superior product would have given the company the high ground in the video format war
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Helicopter search operations were briefly suspended while rescuers and residents on the lower banks scrambled to high ground. — Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026 Given its extensive objections to implementing these kinds of policies in the past, the letter is a transparent effort at attempting to turn the settlement into an opportunity to claim moral high ground. — Nathaniel Lubin, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026 According to the study, the resulting uplift would have created steep terrain and high ground that could be intensely eroded over long periods. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 Yet, trapped within the GOP apparatus, his baseline scenario has always been a predictable squeeze in the primary, caught between conservative purists who view him as too centrist and partisan Democrats who hold the financial high ground. — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high ground

Word History

First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of high ground was in 1800

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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20ground. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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