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FAR AND AWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does far and away mean?
• FAR AND AWAY (adverb)
The adverb FAR AND AWAY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FAR AND AWAY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
By a considerable margin
Synonyms:
by far; far and away; out and away
Context example:
it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten
Context examples
There were days when he crept to the edge of the forest and stood and listened to something calling him far and away.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Here was mastery and power, something far and away beyond him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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