From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe public highwaythe public highwayBritish English law a road or roads that the public has the right to use → highway
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the public highway• The same applied to traditional football except that in this case legislation merely banned the game from the public highway.• In suburbia, however, the scourge of the skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer.• So just what are the rules, regulations and guidelines governing the depositing of skips on the public highway?• All citizens have the right to use the public highway. 