go a long way

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go a long way

if you say that someone will go a long way, you mean that they will be successful 'I like my men older - and richer.' 'You'll go a long way with ideas like that, my girl!'

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One day, having to go a long way from home, he mounted his horse, taking with him a small wallet in which he had put a few biscuits and dates, because he had to pass through the desert where no food was to be got. The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context To trace the English drama from its beginnings we must go a long way back from the reigns of Henry VII and of Henry VIII, down to which the life of Dunbar has brought us. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context I have found that strict business methods go a long way in securing the interest of rich people. Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context			gloss over glove gloves are off glow glow with glower at glue glue down glue on glue together glued to glued to the spot glut glut with glutton glutton for punishment gnash gnash teeth gnashing of teeth gnat gnaw gnaw at gnaw on go a bomb go a bundle on go a long way go a long way toward go a long way toward doing go about go about business go about with go above go above and beyond duty go across go across to go after go against the grain go against the tide Go ahead go ahead (with go ahead, make my day go all the way go along go along with go amiss go ape go around go around and around go around doing go around in circles go astray			GNYBA GNYBP GNYC GNYDM GNYHA GNYHF GNYHFA GNYM GNYMLA GNYOS GNYPCC GNYPE GNYSOPHE GNZ GNZA GNZTR go go go go go go go Go (board game) Go (disambiguation) Go (disambiguation) Go (disambiguation) Go (disambiguation) go a bomb go a bundle on go a long way go a long way in doing go a long way toward go a long way toward doing go a mile a minute go aboard go about go about go about go about go about go about business go about stealthily go about with go above go above and beyond go above and beyond duty go above and beyond the Call of duty go above someone Go Abroad go absent without leave go across go across go across go across to go adrift go after go after go after go against go against

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