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country mile

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noun

Informal.

  1. a long distance.

    He can hit a baseball a country mile.

Etymology

Origin of country mile

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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He's been the top performer by a country mile.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

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

England won that area by a country mile.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 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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