- [uncountable] land that is higher than the surrounding area, especially land that stays dry
- The female builds the nest on an area of high ground.
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- (usually the high ground)[singular] the advantage in a discussion or an argument, etc.
- The government is claiming the high ground in the education debate.
Idioms
See high ground in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytake, claim, seize, etc. the moral high ground
- to claim that your side of an argument is morally better than your opponents’ side; to argue in a way that makes your side seem morally better
- I was angry with his blatant attempt to take the moral high ground.
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