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high grounds

high grounds is the plural of high ground.

Meaning of high ground

Noun

high ground (countable and uncountable, plural high grounds)

  1. (idiomatic, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article) A position of advantage or superiority in a conflict or competition.
    • President George W. Bush had once again outmaneuvered them by taking the national-security high ground in an election year.2006 September 27, Mike Allen, “Why the Fight Over Intelligence May Be a Wash”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2008
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, ground.
    • The trail passes along on high ground—say a thousand feet above sea level.1872, Mark Twain, chapter 69, in Roughing It

Questions about high grounds

What is high grounds the plural of?
High grounds is the plural of high ground.

Words near high grounds in the dictionary

  1. High Germans
  2. High Germany
  3. high grinding
  4. high grindings
  5. high ground
  6. high grounds
  7. High Halden
  8. High Halstow
  9. High Ham
  10. High Harrington
  11. high hat

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