country mile

noun

Synonyms of country milenext
: a long distance

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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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Worth the money by a country mile and the best hotel to stay in Canterbury. — Ramsay Short, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025 Peaches, my favorite fruit by a backwoods country mile, seemed deeply Southern, or so this Yankee had always thought. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 The Nutribullet Ultra blender, the top pick by a country mile in our best personal blender testing, is currently an eye-popping 50% off. — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025 Most of the Matches Were Better Match-for-match, Berlin cleared the Raw x Stranger Things special by a country mile. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for country mile

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of country mile was in 1829

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“Country mile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20mile. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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