1Land that is higher than the surrounding area, especially that which stays dry.
they decided to climb to high ground and serve as lookouts
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People living on high ground and in northern areas should brace themselves for cold weather today and tomorrow.
The water was rising fast and she didn't know if she would be able to find any high ground before she reached the town.
About an inch of snow had fallen on high ground during the night.
The female selects a nest site and builds the nest on an area of high ground.
He got them on to some high ground and thought he had saved them.
Our home is on pretty high ground compared to the rest of the neighborhood, but with a storm like this, you just never know.
One of the most basic tenets of military strategy is never give up the high ground.
2the high groundA position of superiority in a debate.
if he turns it down, he will have lost the moral high ground to the president
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Each side tries to take the scientific high ground, pointing to the gender split with a cough or a sly look.
This could be one area where the Tories could seize the high ground, and I would welcome the mention of some concrete proposals in this area from the future leader to that effect.
It's not by chance that Ford, Honda and Volvo own the industry's environmental high ground.
It is merely one of many examples of why our side holds the ethical high ground in this argument.
But although they have the moral high ground, that's about all they have.
To me, Fisk seemed determined to ignore those realities in order to keep his precious moral high ground.
It's a fight we should be more than willing to wage because there is absolutely no doubt who has the moral high ground.
Woolcott argues it's too simplistic to take the moral high ground in international politics.
It's not in the least clear who's going to win, or even who has the upper hand, or who holds the true moral high ground.
They affect to take the moral high ground while dragging the debate down into the sewers.
On local ABC Radio this morning, Federal Finance Minister, Nick Minchin, was quick to seize the political high ground.