come a long way
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1
: to rise to a much higher level of success : to become very successful
He's come a long way from his days as a young reporter. Now he's one of the country's most respected journalists.
2
: to make a great amount of progress
Medicine has come a long way in recent years.
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Anna Haines, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The science that allows for synthetic versions of them, though, has come a long way.
—Longreads, 13 Dec. 2024
The Real Housewives of New York has come a long way.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 22 Nov. 2024
Since the launch of their life-altering apparatus in 1903, airplanes have come a long way.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Come a long way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20a%20long%20way. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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