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by a long shot
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Princeton's WordNet
by a long shotadverb
by a great deal
"he is the best by a long shot"; "his labors haven't ended there--not by a long shot"
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by a long shotadverb
By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.
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by a long shot
"By a long shot" is an idiom that is often used to describe something as not even close to being successful or likely. It usually suggests a significant degree of difference or disparity when comparing situations, outcomes, abilities, etc. It implies that there's a wide margin or a large amount of something. For example, "She's the best candidate by a long shot" means she is significantly better than the other candidates.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of by a long shot in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of by a long shot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of by a long shot in a Sentence
It's a long shot and the odds are against us, but it feels like we are doing the right thing, we're working hard, but we're having fun. There's always music going at our campaign office -- and coffee.
Bernie Sanders came in with the luxury of being a complete long shot and just letting loose, i think Hillary Clinton came in with the both privilege -- and burden -- of being perceived as the frontrunner... You're always looking at the bright, shiny object that people haven't seen before -- that's a disadvantage to Hillary Clinton.
Is it the least-dangerous thing that we could do to go? No, but is it the most dangerous thing? Not by a long shot.
I'm not aware of anyone that has done such a comprehensive job of putting these things together, by a long shot, it's really big progress.
The only reason that I had any hope in launching a long-shot campaign for Congress is because Bernie Sanders proved that you can run a grassroots campaign and win in an America where we almost thought it was impossible.
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- de departe, nici pe departeRomanian
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