High road
High road noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
Usage example: hair-raising tales of outlaws who ambushed coaches traveling the high roads
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Way
Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
Usage example: the town honored the local sports hero by naming after him a short way connecting two shopping centers
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- For their part, the snakes took the high road and looked the other way, not reporting the Joes that just saved their lives.
Source: Right-Wing Militia Fanatic -
You can choose to slip some into the Matchmaker's tea or take the high road - either way, afterwards she lets you know she's observed your choice on the matter and what she thinks about it.
- Likewise in Crocodile Dundee, Mick Dundee "takes the high road" across people's shoulders when he can't make his way through a crowd to get to Sue Charlton, getting a Eureka Moment when it's pointed out everyone is crammed in like a flock of sheep — so he crosses the way a sheepdog would.
Source: Mobstacle Course
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