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View synonyms for as the crow flies
as the crow flies
- The most direct route between two places: “From here to Gold Bar, it's only ten miles as the crow flies, but twenty miles by the winding mountain road.”
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In a straight line, by the shortest route, as in It's only a mile as the crow flies, but about three miles by this mountain road . This idiom is based on the fact that crows, very intelligent birds, fly straight to the nearest food supply. [Late 1700s]Discover More
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The map below shows the as-the-crow-flies distance to the nearest clinic from every part of the country.
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