Idiom
all the way to Egery and back
Meaning
The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We walked all the way to Egery and back to find that shop.”
“Instead of taking the direct path, he drove all the way to Egery and back just to avoid the traffic.”
“She had traveled all the way to Egery and back, through rain and fading light, only to discover the letter had never left the house.”
Examples
simple
“We walked all the way to Egery and back to find that shop.”
contextual
“Instead of taking the direct path, he drove all the way to Egery and back just to avoid the traffic.”
complex
“She had traveled all the way to Egery and back, through rain and fading light, only to discover the letter had never left the house.”
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