back forty

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So, you’re not saying he was a special agent going back forty years?

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2019

And, here, it’s instructive again to go back forty years.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2019

“Main man, you’re my support,” it begins, “your two strong legs, your back forty years against a brick wall.”

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2012

But then Bragg has fallen back forty miles, and is probably retiring toward Cumberland Gap, that he may not be taken in the rear by the enemy’s forces lately at Corinth.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

The second received the kick-off and Marvin ran the ball back forty yards through a broken field before he was nailed.

From Left End Edwards by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)