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from way back

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  1. Since long ago; for a long time. For example, This painting has been in the family from way back, or We know the Smiths from way back. [Colloquial; late 1800s]


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We definitely, definitely knew from way back, how the ending of the Mayor Fisk rise and fall, where that was going to go next.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

"You've got people choosing to live here from Liverpool but also residents from way back with cultural ties that are deep."

From BBC Feb. 15, 2025

“They are going to dig into every weird trend from way back when and bring it back.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 8, 2023

I knew Terry Crews from that gladiator show from way back in the day on UPN.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2023

I’m reading the same article I’ve read over and over and over these last few weeks, the one about Glenn Burke from way back in 1982 that ran in a magazine called Inside Sports.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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