high ground
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.05 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "President George W. Bush had once again outmaneuvered them by taking the national-security high ground in an election year."
- "The trail passes along on high ground—say a thousand feet above sea level."
- "It follows a rather tortuous course to avoid the high ground and, from the first, was obviously more suited to be part of a main line than a purely local undertaking."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
high grounds (plural)
highground (alternative)