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HIGH GROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high ground mean? 

HIGH GROUND (noun)
  The noun HIGH GROUND has 1 sense:

1. a position of superiority over opponents or competitorsplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH GROUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH GROUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A position of superiority over opponents or competitors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("high ground" is a kind of...):

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)


 Context examples 


The fog was rapidly dispersing; already the moon shone quite clear on the high ground on either side; and it was only in the exact bottom of the dell and round the tavern door that a thin veil still hung unbroken to conceal the first steps of our escape.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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