high ground

noun

: a position of advantage or superiority

especially : an ethically superior position

took the moral high ground during the debate

Examples of high ground in a Sentence

one would have thought that having the superior product would have given the company the high ground in the video format war

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And for people who are still in the path of disaster, Hecht said, pay them to move to high ground. —

Peter Green, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2024 Some cooked food on charcoal grills or hiked to high ground in the hopes of finding a signal to call loved ones. —

Erik Verduzco and Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 Timmy Futch of the Big Bend community of Horseshoe Beach stayed put for the hurricane, only driving to high ground when the water reached his house. —

Stephen Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024 Not to suggest that those for whom social responsibility is second nature occupy some innate moral high ground—rather, a natural response to adversity. —

Ebony Flake, Essence, 31 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high ground