the high road

the high road
1 chiefly US : a morally proper way of doing something

Several local news programs reported the rumor, but the city newspaper took the high road [=behaved properly] and waited to see if anyone could confirm the story.

2 : an easy way to do something

The book claims to teach the high road to financial success.

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