by a mile
by a mile
By a large amount; by a lot. We won that game by a mile! I think the final score was 10-1. I missed the target by a mile that time.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
by a mile
Fig. by a great distance. (Usually an exaggeration.) You missed the target by a mile. Your estimate of the budget deficit was off by a mile.
See also: by, mile
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- mile a minute
- mile a minute, a
- a mile a minute
- run a mile
- mile
- miss (something) by a mile
- miss by a mile
- proceed from
- slog through
- see, spot, smell, etc. something a mile off