low road

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Acourse of actionwhich isundignified,wrongful, or otherwiseunseemly.1988November 7, Sam Roberts, “Metro Matters: Urban Issues Get Short Shrift In '88 Campaign”, inNew York Times, retrieved25 March 2014:"[T]he national campaign took thelow roadin too many cases instead of the high road. On the high road would've been the urban agenda. On thelow roadall we had was personal vilification."2005June 6, Jyoti Thottam, “Fast-Food Face-Off”, inTime, retrieved19 January 2008:Burger King and Hardee's took thelow road, heavily promoting gut-busting sandwiches like the Enormous Omelet and the Monster Thickburger.

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