Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK)A main road or highway.

    Near-synonyms: highway (variably 'main' or not), high street (precisely coordinate)

  2. (idiomatic)A course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable.

    take the high road

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

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Pavements are raised higher than roads.

    deDas Niveau des Gehsteigs ist höher als das der Straße. — brauchinet

  2. You treat people well and take the high road with them, even if they don’t do the same for you.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: high roads

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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