vantage ground

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noun

a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.

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without interest or significance; dull; insipid.

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very high or tall; lofty.

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Origin of vantage ground

First recorded in 1605–15

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The halls of Congress afforded the vantage-ground from which assaults were made upon these guarantees.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Jefferson Davis
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.
Familiar Quotations|John Bartlett
With good field-glasses there is no other vantage-ground for bird study equal to this.
Wild Life Near Home|Dallas Lore Sharp
This is just the vantage-ground we desire in order to secure good expression.
Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics|Charles McMurry

“They are there,” said I, surveying from my vantage-ground the thinning ranks.
The First Violin|Jessie Fothergill

British Dictionary definitions for vantage ground

vantage ground

noun

a position or condition affording superiority or advantage over or as if over an opponent

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vantage ground

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