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Examples of country mile in a Sentence
He lives a country mile from the nearest store.
She beat the other swimmers by a country mile.
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The Seminoles practiced Thursday in nearly triple-digit temperatures at Charles Schwab Field to prepare for Tennessee and the nation’s leading long-ball team by a country mile.
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Word History
First Known Use
1829, in the meaning defined above
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“Country mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20mile. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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