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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "going far",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
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},
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},
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}
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"text": "Keep studying and you'll go far.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767",
"text": "The new shed, in conjunction with the existing multiple-unit shed, goes far to provide a complete diesel motive power depot at Stratford, [...].",
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"To attain success, especially from humble origins; achieve a great deal."
],
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To attain success, especially from humble origins; achieve a great deal."
],
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{
"word": "go a long way"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "päästä pitkälle"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "aller loin"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "es weit bringen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to attain success",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odnosić sukces"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
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"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "ajunge departe"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dalekó pojtí",
"sense": "to attain success",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "далеко́ пойти́"
}
]
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"text": "A ten-pound note doesn't go far these days.",
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"To cover significant expenses."
],
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"(idiomatic, intransitive, in negative constructions) To cover significant expenses."
],
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"text": "The new shed, in conjunction with the existing multiple-unit shed, goes far to provide a complete diesel motive power depot at Stratford, [...].",
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],
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To attain success, especially from humble origins; achieve a great deal."
],
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"word": "go a long way"
}
],
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}
],
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"To cover significant expenses."
],
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"expenses"
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],
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"(idiomatic, intransitive, in negative constructions) To cover significant expenses."
],
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"tags": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "päästä pitkälle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "aller loin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "es weit bringen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to attain success",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odnosić sukces"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to attain success",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odnieść sukces"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to attain success",
"word": "ajunge departe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dalekó pojtí",
"sense": "to attain success",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "далеко́ пойти́"
}
],
"word": "go far"
}
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