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Meanings of long way in English

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Usage of long way in English
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I've come a long way to hear your answer to that question.
Apocalypse of the Dead
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The last Labour government went quite a long way down this road.
The Guardian
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We've come a long way obviously since the Armagh match last year.
Independent.ie
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Such measures would go a long way to helping end domestic violence.
The Guardian
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However, America's battered jobs market has got a long way to go.
BBC
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Photo: Supplied However, he said it now seems a long way off.
Radio NZ
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I had run quite far and was a long way from home.
Unbearable lightness: a story of loss and gain
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But five years later the green future looks a long way off.
Reuters
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Data encryption has come a long way in the past five years.
Reuters
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We've come a long way with an even longer way to go.
Ebony
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The governor's statements had gone a long way in swaying public opinion.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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The terrorism geek has come a long way since our previous meeting.
Wired
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He knows he's a long way from home, but not how far.
Mister Slaughter
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He has a history of anger-management problems going back a long way.
Breathe
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Which is a long way of saying yes, I do believe it.
The bone chamber
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Certainly, in a country like Italy, political savvy goes a long way.
The Guardian
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