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country mile

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country mile
Rur. a great distance. The batter knocked that ball a country mile. I had to walk a country mile to the next gas station.
See also: country, mile


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He actually said this last season watching Kenny Lofton chase down a fly ball in a game at Coors Field: "He had to run a country mile, and he had a country mile to work within that framework.
Another is that Chevrolet is the market leader in its segment in North America by a country mile.
Most are right along the beachfront, and the most striking by a country mile is the immense yellow Congress Hall, built in 1816 and just emerged from a two-year renovation.
 
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