as in mile
a long distance
the distance from the car to the concert hall felt like a country mile in her new high heels
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Recent Examples of country mile
The hyperbole of Robinson hitting baseballs a country mile and stealing bases at the speed of light.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
With the most cap space in the league by a country mile, the pressure was extraordinary for the New England brass.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Nobody within a country mile of it of course.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Beyoncé walks a country mile in Nancy Sinatra’s boots, the Cure drop one of their most classic albums after a 16-year wait, Doechii leaves her own toothmarks on the alligator, MJ Lenderman dares to challenge the milkshake/smoothie dichotomy.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
With the most cap space in the league by a country mile, the pressure was extraordinary for the New England brass.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Nobody within a country mile of it of course.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
Beyoncé walks a country mile in Nancy Sinatra’s boots, the Cure drop one of their most classic albums after a 16-year wait, Doechii leaves her own toothmarks on the alligator, MJ Lenderman dares to challenge the milkshake/smoothie dichotomy.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country mile
mile
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At the time of their deaths, the girls lived with their mother in Wenatchee in Chelan County, about 150 miles east of Seattle.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Country mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20mile. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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