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far removed from

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Definition of far removed from

: very different from (something)
  • a pampered life far removed from the poverty of his youth
  • Hockey and soccer are not that far removed from each other.

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far play

  1. : at or to a considerable distance in space

  2. : to a great extent : much

  3. : by a broad interval : widely

  1. : remote in space

  2. : distinctly different in quality or relationship

  3. : remote in time

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removed play

  1. : distant in degree of relationship

  2. : of a younger or older generation

  3. : separate or remote in space, time, or character

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