"low road" meaning in All languages combined

See low road on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-low road.ogg Forms: low roads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} low road (plural low roads)
  1. (idiomatic) A course of action which is undignified, wrongful, or otherwise unseemly. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-low_road-en-noun-QRlUzMn2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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