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miles away from
very far from
If a place or situation is miles away from something, it is very far from it, either physically or in terms of similarity or progress.
Hear it in real life
Is the hotel close to the city centre?
No, it's miles away from it, so we'll need a taxi.
The campsite was miles away from the nearest train station.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Our cottage was miles far from the nearest shop.
Say: Our cottage was miles away from the nearest shop.
Use the informal emphatic phrase “miles away from,” not “miles far from.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be miles away from a place; be miles away from something; miles away from doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
The campsite was miles away from the nearest train station.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
miles away from
very far from
“The campsite was miles away from the nearest train station.”
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