to have the moral high ground

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• moral high ground — If people have/take/claim/seize, etc, the moral high ground, they claim that their arguments, beliefs, etc, are morally superior to those being put forward by other people …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• moral high ground —    If people have/take/claim/seize, etc, the moral high ground, they claim that their arguments, beliefs, etc, are morally superior to those being put forward by other people.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• the high ground — a position in which you have an advantage over others They claim to have the (intellectual) high ground in this debate. [=they claim to have the (intellectually) better position] often used in the phase the moral high ground These countries lost …   Useful english dictionary

• (the) high ground — 1. if a person or an organization has the high ground, they are in the best and most successful situation. His company holds the high ground in the area of multi media disks. Both parties could be seen trying to take the high ground on issues… …   New idioms dictionary

• The Modern Parents — is a comic strip from the British comic Viz .The creator is John Fardell, who both writes and illustrates the strip. It is one of the most enduring and frequent strips in Viz , having appeared regularly since the early 1990s to the present. It is …   Wikipedia

• high — high1 W1S1 [haı] adj comparative higher superlative highest ↑high, ↑low ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(from bottom to top)¦ 2¦(above ground)¦ 3¦(large number)¦ 4¦(good standard)¦ 5¦(containing a lot)¦ 6¦(rank/position)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ground — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 solid surface of the earth ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, hard, solid ▪ muddy, soft ▪ damp, wet …   Collocations dictionary

• ground — I UK [ɡraʊnd] / US noun Word forms ground : singular ground plural grounds *** 1) [singular/uncountable] the top part of the Earth s surface that people walk on I fell to the ground. on the ground: People were sitting on the ground in small… …   English dictionary

• ground — 1 /graUnd/ noun EARTH SURFACE 1 (U) the surface of the earth: The leaf slowly fluttered to the ground. | The air raids were followed by military action on the ground. | below/above ground: miners working 10 hour shifts below ground compare floor… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ground — ground1 [ graund ] noun *** ▸ 1 surface of Earth ▸ 2 area of land ▸ 3 reason for something ▸ 4 subject/idea ▸ 5 someone s set of opinions ▸ 6 level of progress ▸ 7 crushed coffee beans ▸ 8 in electrical equipment ▸ 9 where ideas develop ▸ 10… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• moral — mor|al1 W2S3 [ˈmɔrəl US ˈmo: ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: moralis, from mos what people usually or traditionally do ] 1.) [only before noun] relating to the principles of what is right and wrong behaviour, and with the difference… …   Dictionary of contemporary English