highroad

or high road

[ hahy-rohd ]

noun

1. Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
2. an easy or certain course:

   the highroad to success.

3. an honorable or ethical course.

highroad

/ ˈhaɪˌrəʊd /

noun

1. a main road; highway
2. the highroad the sure way

   the highroad to fame

Word History and Origins

Origin of highroad¹

First recorded in 1700–10; high + road

Example Sentences

But the much-tried lady was on the highroad toward trouble-borrowing and bound to reach her end.

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Near a large town, along the broad highroad walked an old sick man.

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On the other side of this she came into a lane which led out on a highroad.

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Then, pulling at the collar, he hauled off his load after him along the highroad.

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To the south was a country filled with slaves, who looked to Harper's Ferry as the highroad to freedom.

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