far down
idiom
: at a low or unimportant position in a list or series
Supporting public education seems to be far down on the government's agenda.
Cleaning house ranks pretty far down on my list.
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Of all the sins that might damn your soul for eternity, mumbling is probably pretty far down the list.
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, Pittman's situation is too far down the road for solutions, Paul and Mortensen said.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Blue Moon has not progressed as far down the R&D line as Starship has, and Musk took more online shots at both the spacecraft and Blue Origin as a whole.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The pilots struggled desperately to complete a go-around to make a belly-landing too fast and too far down the runway.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, Pittman's situation is too far down the road for solutions, Paul and Mortensen said.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Blue Moon has not progressed as far down the R&D line as Starship has, and Musk took more online shots at both the spacecraft and Blue Origin as a whole.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The pilots struggled desperately to complete a go-around to make a belly-landing too fast and too far down the runway.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for far down
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“Far down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20down. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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