high roads
Main travel arteries
High roads are main thoroughfares—the primary routes between places, typically well-maintained and direct.
Figuratively, the high road is the morally superior path: She took the high road and didn't respond to the attacks.
Taking the high road means choosing dignity or principle over petty retaliation, even when provoked.
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
- thoroughfareMain public road
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- freewayHighway without tolls
- carriagewayVehicle portion of road
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high roadsback roads
Minor rural thoroughfares
back lanes · byways · side roads · back streets · country lanes
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Routes at lesser elevation
dirty tactics · cheap shots · mudslinging · low blows · vindictiveness
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