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the high ground 1. if a person or an organization has the high ground, they are in the best and most successful situation. His company holds the high ground in the area of multi-media disks. Both parties could be seen trying to take the high ground on issues such as education. 2. if something has the high ground, it is thought to be of good quality, serious, and honest. Our programmes hold the high ground of British broadcast journalism. We have lost the moral high ground by backing regimes with poor human rights records. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On the high ground where the enemy was, the smoke of a cannon rose, and a ball flew whistling over the heads of the hussar squadron. In fact, we see the whole of it except that furthest part, which is covered by the Welsh Marches and those parts which are hidden from where we stand by the high ground of the immediate west. All armies prefer high ground to low and sunny places to dark. |
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