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

Beyond these issues of fatigue and trust, poor user experience can also go a long way in discouraging people from using security workflows. —Eyal Benishti, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

On another timeline, today’s comments by Eisner are a long way from just a year ago when the ex-exec publicly backed Iger and Disney leaders in their proxy war with activist investors. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025

With Morris a little goes a long way. —Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025

Even more importantly, the break-up of Intel will go a long way to giving the United States the semiconductor ecosystem that underpins every happy scenario for software breakthroughs that benefit the American people and the world. —Charlene Barshefsky, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for a long way

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