low road
low road noun: a course of action which is undignified, wrongful, or otherwise unseemly.
Noun
low road (plural low roads)
- A course of action which is undignified, wrongful, or otherwise unseemly.
- "[T]he national campaign took the low road in too many cases instead of the high road. On the high road would've been the urban agenda. On the low road all we had was personal vilification."1988 November 7, Sam Roberts, “Metro Matters: Urban Issues Get Short Shrift In '88 Campaign”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Mar 2014
- Burger King and Hardee's took the low road, heavily promoting gut-busting sandwiches like the Enormous Omelet and the Monster Thickburger.2005 June 6, Jyoti Thottam, “Fast-Food Face-Off”, in Time, retrieved 19 Jan 2008
- Antonyms:
- high road
Antonyms of low road
Forms of low road
| plural | low roads |
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Questions about low road
- What does low road mean?
- Low road means a course of action which is undignified, wrongful, or otherwise unseemly.
- What part of speech is low road?
- Low road is a noun.
- What is the plural of low road?
- The plural of low road is low roads.
Words near low road in the dictionary
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