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out and away

adverb

  1. by far
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

By far, surpassing all others, as in He's out and away the best pitcher in the league . [First half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

The crowd pushes me out and away from the campus, and down the row of idling yellow buses.

“I wasn’t just out and away from everybody,” Wentz said of the weeks he was sidelined after surgery.

“Just being out, I wasn’t just out and away from everybody,” said Wentz, who was sidelined for two months and spent two games as a backup.

In the letter, she said she promised to do what she can to “disrupt and dismantle” ideologies and institutional powers that keep people out and away from “the love of Christ.”

Russell, from 41 metres out and away on the angle, rifled over a valuable conversion.

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