Talk:by a long shot

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by a long way[edit]

Isn't by a long way a BrE synonym? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:31, 11 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

I couldn’t tell you how uniquely British it is but it’s certainly used here in Britain. Interestingly the by a long chalk entry says it’s a British expression but provides a quote from the New Yorker L Frank Baum!Overlordnat1 (talk) 10:38, 21 April 2021 (UTC)Reply