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

How to style cowboy boots with a miniskirt A high-quality pair of black cowboy boots really goes a long way. —Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 20 Apr. 2026

But overall, humanoid robots still have a long way to go in demonstrating their capability to operate in complex and sometimes chaotic environments. —Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026

If the starting pitching gets on a roll too, that should go a long way towards helping the Red Sox stack some more wins, and the club should have a chance to get back near the top of the standings. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026

The series still has a long way to go. —Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026

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