"six ways from Sunday" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} six ways from Sunday (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of six ways to Sunday Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: six ways to Sunday
    Sense id: en-six_ways_from_Sunday-en-adv-SOxhJEoO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2023 December 8, Mark Sweney, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk says Disney boss should be ‘fired immediately’ amid X ad boycott”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Of the 30,000 it might be literally the worst and dumbest post I’ve ever done. And I’ve tried my best to clarify six ways from Sunday but you know at least I think it’ll be obvious that, in fact, far from being antisemitic, I’m in fact philosemitic.",
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