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Idiom

come a long way

Meaning

To make significant progress.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“You have come a long way with your English studies.”

“The software team has come a long way since they started working on this project last year.”

“Although the startup faced many initial failures, the founders have come a long way and now lead a successful international company.”

Examples

simple

“You have come a long way with your English studies.”

contextual

“The software team has come a long way since they started working on this project last year.”

complex

“Although the startup faced many initial failures, the founders have come a long way and now lead a successful international company.”

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