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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

“My dad was very intentional in showing me how, from way back, Native people have been shown in media,” she said.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Dad said he was famous from way back when—not in his time but his parents’ time.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

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