come a long way
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1
: to rise to a much higher level of success : to become very successful
He's come a long way from his days as a young reporter. Now he's one of the country's most respected journalists.
2
: to make a great amount of progress
Medicine has come a long way in recent years.
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
He's come a long way in our relationship.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Technology Is Poised to Improve Detection and Treatment Diagnostic tools to detect breast cancer have come a long way and will only get better, the panel’s experts said.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
But the unit has come a long way.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Come a long way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20a%20long%20way. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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