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out and away

adverb

  1. by far

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

By far, surpassing all others, as in He's out and away the best pitcher in the league. [First half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

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The crowd pushes me out and away from the campus, and down the row of idling yellow buses.

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“I wasn’t just out and away from everybody,” Wentz said of the weeks he was sidelined after surgery.

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“Just being out, I wasn’t just out and away from everybody,” said Wentz, who was sidelined for two months and spent two games as a backup.

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In the letter, she said she promised to do what she can to “disrupt and dismantle” ideologies and institutional powers that keep people out and away from “the love of Christ.”

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Russell, from 41 metres out and away on the angle, rifled over a valuable conversion.

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