all this way

idiom

: all the way to here
You came all this way just to see me?

Examples of all this way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Each sack seemed to build more confidence that Michigan hadn’t come all this way just to be issued a typical SEC beating with the whole country tuning in. J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024 Ohtani, who’s eligible for free agency after the season, and risking perhaps $500 million simply by playing in the WBC, didn’t come all this way just to get a participation medal. Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023 The Chargers got all this way — collecting victories over Houston, Cleveland, Denver and Atlanta in the previous five games (along with a loss to Seattle) — but finally ran out of gas. Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022 But Biden had to come all this way for a reason: to shore up support not just for vulnerable House candidates in one of the country’s bluest states but also to help save the suddenly unsteady campaign of the state’s Democratic governor. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022 The boy came all this way just to remind him of his father’s oath? Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022 Eliano did not come all this way to merely be at Ohio State. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022 Why had this young, seemingly-frail Austrian come all this way to visit them? Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2022 Thanks for coming all this way. Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2022

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“All this way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20this%20way. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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