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*million miles away

Fig. lost in thought; [of someone] daydreaming and not paying attention. (Only one's mind is far away. *Typically: be ~; look to be ~; seem ~.) He was a million miles away during the entire lecture. Look at her. She is a million miles away, not paying any attention to what she is doing.

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We aren't a million miles away from Peter and Martin. Tunstall is out to get job done! by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The 34-year-old still sings in an EastEnders voice, and while his audience may be too young to remember Haircut 100, his band's new tunes aren't a million miles away from the former 80s band. JUST JACK THE ARCHES, GLASGOW, JUNE 14; live reviews by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) But when asked if that display was good enough to challenge, the former England captain replied: "A million miles away from it. A win's a win, says a delighted Noble by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			midnight midst might might and main might as well might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb might could might is right Might makes right might nigh mighty migrate migrate between some place and some place else mile mile a minute mileage milestone in life militate against milk milk for milk of human kindness mill mill around mill cannot grind with water that is past million million miles away mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small millstone millstone about neck mince mince words mind mind goes blank mind over matter mind own business Mind own business! mind p's and q's Mind step mind the store mind you Mind your own beeswax Mind your own business minded minding my own business mine mine for mine of information mingle mingle in mingle with minister to			Million Giga Joules Million Gross Ton Miles Million Heat Unit Million Hectares Million Hours Million Imperial Gallons per Day Million Infrastructure Accounting Units million instructions per second million instructions per second million instructions per second Million International Units Million Lines of Code Million Liters Per Year Million Logic Inferences/Instructions Per Second Million Lookups Per Second Million Man Lan Million Man March Million Man March Million Man March Million Man March Million Marijuana March Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day Million Metric Standard Cubic Meters Million Metric Tonne Per Annum Million Metric Tons Million Metric Tons Annually Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Million Metric Tons of Carbon Equivalent Million Metric Tons Per Annum million miles away Million Mom March Million monkeys method Million Multiply Accumulate Cycles per Second Million Multiply Accumulate Operations Million NATO Accounting Units Million of Unified Canes Million Ounces Million particles per cubic foot million passengers per annum Million QUality Improvements Per Second Million Radiation Absorbed Dose Million Samples Million Samples per Second Million Solar Roofs Initiative Million Square Feet Million Standard Axles Million Standard Cubic Feet Million Standard Cubic Feet Gas Per Day Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day Million Standard Cubic Feet Per Hour million standard cubic foot Million Standard Cubic Meter Million Standard Cubic Metres per Day Million Statistical Unit

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