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long way noun ▶ by a long way; by a long chalk by a great degree or measure UK, 1859 Often in a (implied) negative context.- French exports of beef to the UK are tiny and only bear worrying about if we are absolutely sure all modes of BSE transmission within the UK have been stopped off. We are not, by a long chalk. — The Guardian, 22 November 2000
- K.J. Choi[...] hoeed his second for an eagle at the 11th and finished as well as he has ever done in a major by a long way. — The Sunday Telegraph, 25 July 2004
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