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Meanings of first mile in English
Russian
последняя миля Portuguese
último quilômetro Phrase used by the communications industries to refer to the final leg of network delivery.
Synonyms
Examples for "last mile"
Examples for "last mile"
1
For the last mile or two the horse took its own way.
2
The hike in had felt like the last mile of an ultra-marathon.
3
Will you join me now, and we'll walk this last mile together?
4
The last mile of our walk was performed in the dark.
5
Several wise professionals guided me through the last mile of the publishing process.
1
Northug faded over the last kilometer to come home in 11th.
2
The last kilometer was a murderous ride uphill through groves of knotted olive trees.
3
We jog the last kilometer.
4
Leaving the bodies piled where they fell in the darkening tunnel, she jogs the last kilometer or so to the level of the river.
Usage of first mile in English
1
After the first mile the scrub became much thinner; ground slightly undulating.
2
From the first mile these two riders were the best of companions.
3
The waterproof garments that she wore were priceless after the first mile.
4
After the first mile, the man let down one of the windows.
5
I hadn't run in weeks and the first mile was a slog.
6
The first mile of our journey was over low scrubby ironstone hills.
7
Our job's easier because somebody already got us through that first mile.
8
I slogged through the first mile, and then it got really bad.
9
For the first mile or two I was in advance of the Pawnees.
10
Here the water shoaled, though for the first mile almost imperceptibly.
11
For the first mile or two of our journey neither of us spoke.
12
For the first mile scarcely a word was exchanged between husband and wife.
13
Taxicabs are to be entitled to charge a shilling for the first mile.
14
My first mile was okay, but then my knee started to hurt again.
15
But she noticed after the first mile that there were no low branches.
16
But Chula did not settle down after the first mile; nor the second.
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First mile through the time
First mile across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common