Definition of the high road

high road, the

noun - uncountable

• better behavior than someone else.

  You should really take the high road in this situation.

  Last edited on Mar 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'high':
as high as a kite	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated from marijuana.
come hell or high water	Definitions include: no matter what.
get high	Definitions include: "Galesville Ettrick Trempealeau High School" in Galesville, WI.
HG	Definitions include: acronym for "high gravity".
high	Definitions include: intoxicated from drugs.
high as a kite	Definitions include: very high.
high ball	Definitions include: the upper range of an estimated figure.
high baller	Definitions include: a person who makes large sums of money.
high-beams	Definitions include: erect nipples.
high budget	Definitions include: of extreme high quality, expensive to a point that it becomes unattainable.
High Class White Trash	Definitions include: a intelligent, sophisticated person who comes from a poor or middle class family.
high cotton	Definitions include: see in high cotton.
higher than giraffe ears	Definitions include: very high; excessively high.
higher than tube socks	Definitions include: very high.
high-fallootin	Definitions include: pie-in-the-sky, fancy, crazy and elitist.
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Other terms relating to 'road':
bump in the road	Definitions include: a hindrance in some quest or extended task.
dirt road	Definitions include: anal sex
down the road	Definitions include: at some future time.
feeder road	Definitions include: a small road that runs along the the side of a highway or freeway.
for the road	Definitions include: immediately before a person leaves a place.
get the show on the road	Definitions include: to start.
high-road	Definitions include: to claim a morally superior position.
hit some bumps in the road	Definitions include: to encounter difficulties.
hit the road	Definitions include: to leave.
kick the can down the road	Definitions include: to procrastinate.
old dirt road, the	Definitions include: the anus.
one for the road	Definitions include: a final consumable (e.g. drink) before leaving an establishment.
road apple	Definitions include: horse feces.
road dawg	Definitions include: best friend.
road dog	Definitions include: a close friend.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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