high ground

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high ground teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: The trail passes along on high ground—say a thousand feet above sea level.; 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.; a position of superiority over opponents or competitors; If a person or organization has the high ground in an argument or dispute, that person or organization has an advantage. The President must seek to regain the high ground in the political debate; If you say that someone has taken the moral high ground, you mean that they consider that their policies and actions are morally superior to the policies and actions of their rivals. The Republicans took the moral high ground with the message that they were best equipped to manage the authority. A position of superiority over others, especially competitors or opponents: used negotiations as a way to gain the psychological and intellectual high ground
moral high ground: A position or point of view which is ethically superior or more reputable, in comparison to others which are under consideration
Her legitimacy (as the leader of the party that won the 1990 general election), integrity and stoic acceptance of house arrest enable her to occupy the moral high ground.