a long way

noun

: a great distance

Their house is a long way (away) from here.

She went a long way to see him.

—often used figuratively in various phrases

These changes will go a long way toward/towards making the system more efficient.

We've done a lot of work already, but we have a long way to go.

Examples of a long way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her daughter had come a long way because of lacrosse, and the co-op, Fiebig said. —Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026

Weaning Orson off the tincture drops will go a long way toward making that character more tolerable. —Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 May 2026

Derry knows there is still a long way to go before comparing his program to El Camino Real or Birmingham, which met in the Open Division final Saturday. —Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 23 May 2026

Station 42 has come a long way since the season 4 premiere, when it was revealed that patriarch Vince Leone (Billy Burke) died in the devastating Zabel Ridge fire. —Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026

Rhymes for a long way

• aaa
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• axillae
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• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway