country mile

country mile

noun

Definition of COUNTRY MILE

: a long distance

Examples of COUNTRY MILE

1. He lives a country mile from the nearest store.
2. She beat the other swimmers by a country mile.

First Known Use of COUNTRY MILE

1950

Related to COUNTRY MILE

Synonyms: afar, mile, far cry, long haul

Antonyms: hair, inch, step, stone's throw

Related Words: infinity, light-year

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Rhymes with COUNTRY MILE

Anglophile, cyclostyle, domicile, family style, Francophile, Gallophile, hypostyle, in denial, juvenile, projectile, rat-tail file, rank and file, single file, statute mile