from way back

from way back
from way back
from far in the past; from a much earlier time. •

Grandfather comes from way back.

This antique clock is from way back.

* * *
{adv. phr.} From a previous time; from a long time ago. * /They have known one another from way back when they went to the same elementary school./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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