low road
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But that's another great impulse to resist, if for no other reason than it puts you on the low road, too.
From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2021
He took the low road by spreading the blame among two other news organizations as well — the New York Times and NBC News, which scrambled to "match" the Post's reporting.
From Salon • May 24, 2021
But someone took the low road of providing the New Yorker details of the accusation contained in a letter from the woman to Ms. Feinstein.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2018
“We are Americans before we are Republicans and Democrats,” he said, adding: “I will not take the low road to the highest office in the land.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2016
You’ll tak’ the high road and I'll tak’ the low road, what?
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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