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go a long way toward doing

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go a long way toward doing something and go a long way in doing something
Fig. almost to satisfy specific conditions; to be almost right. This machine goes a long way toward meeting our needs. Your plan went a long way in helping us with our problem.
See also: doing, long, toward, way


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If it passes, it would go a long way toward doing the right thing for people who were injured by working for the lab -- a site that had 10 nuclear reactors, one partial meltdown, and an open-air pit where workers burned radioactive and chemical waste.
It does go a long way toward doing what we can to protect children,'' said county Supervisor Gloria Molina, who backed the measure on the Board of Supervisors.
 
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