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High ground

noun

A position of superiority over opponents or competitors.

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"High ground" Quotes from Famous Books

... thank Heaven! I made a cup of strong coffee, ate a morsel of dhurra bread, and started along the high ground parallel with the course of the Settite ...

— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker

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... take the high ground and go by tracks the moss-troopers rode, winding up the waters and among the fells, where there's only cothouse clachans and lonely farm-towns. Ye'll see there why the old Scottish stock grows firm and strong and ...

— Carmen's Messenger • Harold Bindloss

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... crown cannot be bartered away for any baser wreath without infinite harm. In both cases there must be sacrifice; but in the one case it is unto death, in the other unto life. If the mother stands on high ground, she brings her children up to her own level; if she sinks, ...

— Gala-days • Gail Hamilton

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... warned in time. They had no chance to save anything save their most easily-carried belongings, and with these they fled to high ground. ...

— Jack of the Pony Express • Frank V. Webster

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... past the town, we could see the branches on the trees in grandma's dooryard swaying. Yet we could not reach there, because a heavy mountain storm had turned a torrent into the creek channel, washed away the foot bridge, and overflowed the low land. Disappointed, we encamped on high ground to wait ...

— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

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