phrasal verb / idiom · neutral
come a long way
UK/kʌm ə ˈlɒŋ weɪ/US/kʌm ə ˈlɔːŋ weɪ/come·a·LONG·WAY
to have improved a lot or progressed significantly
Examples
“Your English has come a long way since last year.”
“The company has come a long way in terms of sustainability.”
“She has come a long way from her first attempt at public speaking.”
Band 8 sentence
“Despite initial setbacks, the team has come a long way and now delivers world-class research outcomes.”
Collocations
- come a long way in (something)
- have come a long way
Word family
Common mistakes
She came long way since last year.→She came a long way since last year.
She went a long way→She has come a long way
Say it for a higher band
5improve→6make progress→7+come a long way
Synonyms
improve a lot
make great progress
Easily confused
go a long way
“This early training will go a long way in improving their performance.”
make great progress
“She has made great progress in her pronunciation.”
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