Usually means: Advantageous position in combat, elevation.
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  1. high ground, the high ground: Merriam-Webster
  2. high ground, the high ground: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. high ground: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. the high ground: Collins English Dictionary
  5. high ground: Vocabulary.com
  6. high-ground: Wordnik
  7. high ground: Wiktionary
  8. high ground: Dictionary.com
  9. High Ground (film), High Ground, High ground (disambiguation), High ground, The High Ground (TNG episode), The High Ground: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. high ground: Rhymezone
  11. high ground: FreeDictionary.org
  12. high ground: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. high ground: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. high ground: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. the high ground: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (high ground)

noun:  (idiomatic, uncountable, usually with "the") A position of advantage or superiority in a conflict or competition.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, ground.

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