go back a long way

go back a long way

To have known someone for a very long time. Oh, Caitlin and I go back a long way—we've been friends since kindergarten, in fact! Those two go back a long way—50 years at least! They've been friends since elementary school. Nancy—the recruiter—and I go back a long way, but I know that won't help me to secure this job.

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go back a long way

mainly BRITISH or

go way back

mainly AMERICAN

If two or more people go back a long way, they have been friends for a very long time. We go back a long way, and she's always kept in touch, always been there for me. This here is Dan Parker. We go way back.

See also: back, go, long, way

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

go back a long ˈway

(of two or more people) have known each other for a long time: John and I go back a long way, don’t we?

See also: back, go, long, way

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