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high⋅road

[hahy-rohd]
–noun
1. Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
2. an easy or certain course: the highroad to success.
3. an honorable or ethical course.
Also, high road.


Origin:
1700–10; high + road
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high road also high·road   (hī'rōd')
n.  
    1. The easiest or surest path or course: the high road to happiness.

    2. The most positive, diplomatic, or ethical course.

  1. Chiefly British A main road; a highway.

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