"way back" meaning in English

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          "text": "As friends, we go way back: we met in primary school.",
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        "far into the past"
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          "text": "Mom swerves the church's turd-brown minivan into an open space. Departure area. The little kids are in the back seat. They ramble on about the airport. Patrick sits in the way back.",
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        "The part farthest in the back, as of a passenger vehicle."
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        "(informal) The part farthest in the back, as of a passenger vehicle."
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