by a mile

by a mile
by a mile
Fig. by a great distance. (Usually an exaggeration.) •

You missed the target by a mile.

Your estimate of the budget deficit was off by a mile.

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See: MISS BY A MILE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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