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FAR AND AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does far and away mean? 

FAR AND AWAY (adverb)
  The adverb FAR AND AWAY has 1 sense:

1. by a considerable marginplay

  Familiarity information: FAR AND AWAY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAR AND AWAY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

By a considerable margin

Synonyms:

by far; far and away; out and away

Context example:

it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten


 Context examples 


There were days when he crept to the edge of the forest and stood and listened to something calling him far and away.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Here was mastery and power, something far and away beyond him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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