high road
See also: highroad
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ ɹəʊd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ ˌɹoʊd/
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Noun edit
high road (plural high roads)
- (idiomatic) A course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable.
- 1982 November 22, Thomas Griffith, “A Tilt Called Cynicism”, in Time:
- The high road of public service and the low road of political advantage seem inextricably intertwined.
- (chiefly British) A main road or highway.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 6, in The Black Arrow:
- There, a few yards before them, was the high road from Risingham to Shoreby, lying, at this point, between two even walls of forest.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- The highroad on the other side was frequented by few, for a nearer-hand way to the west had been made through the lower Moss.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, road.
Alternative forms edit
- (main road or highway): highroad
Translations edit
course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable
main road or highway — see highway
See also edit
References edit
- “high road”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.