go a long way toward

Idioms  

1. Have considerable effect or influence on. For example, This argument goes a long way toward proving the scientists are wrong, or, as Eudora Welty put it in The Ponder Heart (1954): “It went a long way toward making him touchy about what Uncle Daniel had gone and done.” This idiom, then put as go a great way toward, was first recorded in 1697.

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Example Sentences

I think that will go a long way toward lowering the temperature.

From Slate

Autonomous vehicle companies envision a future where most humans don’t need to touch a steering wheel and argue that replacing drivers will go a long way toward minimizing dangerous situations.

From MarketWatch

The company’s fiscal-first-quarter report, due Thursday afternoon, could go a long way toward shaping the shares’ trajectory in 2026.

From Barron's

That would go a long way toward achieving Musk’s dream of eventually colonizing Mars.

From MarketWatch

Prevention strategies that take neurodiversity into account could go a long way toward reducing the number of young lives lost too soon.

From Los Angeles Times