high ground

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Meaning: (idiomatic,uncountable,usually with "the")A position ofadvantageorsuperiorityin aconflictorcompetition.2006September 27, Mike Allen, “Why the Fight Over Intelligence May Be a Wash”, inTime‎[1], archived fromthe originalon5 September 2008:President George W. Bush had once again outmaneuvered them by takingthenational-securityhigh groundin an election year.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seehigh,‎ground.1872,Mark Twain, chapter 69, inRoughing It:The trail passes along onhigh ground—say a thousand feet above sea level.

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