country mile
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of country mile
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Swinney told a news conference in Edinburgh that the SNP was by a "country mile" the leading party and would form the next government.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
That takes Wilson’s record to 4-14 as the starting QB in the mile-high city, his worst 18-game stretch by a country mile.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
It’s selling the circumstances short by a country mile.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Earlier this year, a former housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, said the government would "miss their 300,000-homes-a-year manifesto pledge by a country mile".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
It was about some woman who traveled through a barren country, mile after mile.
From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Emerson, Alice B.
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