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

While Starship still has a long way to go in its development, the latest mission marks a significant step forward for a spacecraft intended to one day ferry NASA astronauts to the moon's surface and transport the first humans to Mars. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025

The Buffalo defense continues to look a long way from championship-caliber. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

Easy to roll your eyes at from the opening scene and increasingly pigheaded in all of the ones that follow, Man-su starts off a long way from likable and tumbles much lower in our estimation from there. —Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025

There is still a long way to go, but if Maye keeps this up, expectations for him and the team will continue to soar. —Chad Graff, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for a long way

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