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Wide-ranging, at a distance, as in I started out identifying wild mushrooms, but since then I've gone far afield in other branches of botany. [c. 1400]

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And this is pretty far afield, but keep an eye on Aleppo in Syria.
Why the Border Bigots Are Beating Obama|Michael Tomasky|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But he did know that they met now and then, that Mills seemed to have some curious knowledge of when Bland was far afield.
The Hidden Places|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It is surprising how far afield it is possible to go at little drain on your strength and pocket-book on a June week-day.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
These are not extreme and isolated instances; no one will need to walk far afield to witness similar contrasts.
The Hills and the Vale|Richard Jefferies

A large number of parallel instances might easily be given; but they would lead us too far afield.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
But that plaid should now go so far afield as to decorate the noble garment of the Indies is ill news.
Ceres' Runaway|Alice Meynell

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