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country mile

NOUN
long distance
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He was the best player on the pitch by a country mile.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2024

That takes Wilson’s record to 4-14 as the starting QB in the mile-high city, his worst 18-game stretch by a country mile.

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2023

It’s selling the circumstances short by a country mile.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

Earlier this year, a former housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, said the government would "miss their 300,000-homes-a-year manifesto pledge by a country mile".

From BBC Oct. 30, 2022

It was about some woman who traveled through a barren country, mile after mile.

From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Alice B. Emerson




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