"prendere alla lontana" meaning in Italian

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        "1": "to take distantly"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to take distantly”.",
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      "form": "prèndere alla lontana",
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    },
    {
      "form": "prèndo alla lontana",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prési alla lontana",
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        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "préso alla lontana",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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          "english": "I had never been particularly good in these formats myself: My long windups and preference for complicated answers worked against me, particularly onstage with seven savvy pros and a single timed minute to answer a question.\n(literally, “A format, this one, in which I had never been particularly good: my tendency to say things long-windedly and to give complicated responses damaged me, especially when I had to share the stage with seven savvy professionals and I had one timed minute to answer each question.”)",
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri",
          "text": "Un format, questo, in cui non ero mai stato particolarmente bravo: la mia tendenza a prendere le cose alla lontana e a dare risposte complicate mi danneggiava, soprattutto quando dovevo condividere il palco con sette professionisti smaliziati e avevo un minuto cronometrato per rispondere a ogni domanda.",
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        "to say circuitously or long-windedly"
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          "circuitously",
          "circuitously"
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          "long-windedly",
          "long-windedly"
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        "(idiomatic) to say circuitously or long-windedly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "protrarsi"
        },
        {
          "word": "straparlare"
        },
        {
          "word": "dilungarsi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    }
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  "word": "prendere alla lontana"
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    {
      "form": "prèndere alla lontana",
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    },
    {
      "form": "prèndo alla lontana",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prési alla lontana",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "préso alla lontana",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "avére",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "english": "I had never been particularly good in these formats myself: My long windups and preference for complicated answers worked against me, particularly onstage with seven savvy pros and a single timed minute to answer a question.\n(literally, “A format, this one, in which I had never been particularly good: my tendency to say things long-windedly and to give complicated responses damaged me, especially when I had to share the stage with seven savvy professionals and I had one timed minute to answer each question.”)",
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri",
          "text": "Un format, questo, in cui non ero mai stato particolarmente bravo: la mia tendenza a prendere le cose alla lontana e a dare risposte complicate mi danneggiava, soprattutto quando dovevo condividere il palco con sette professionisti smaliziati e avevo un minuto cronometrato per rispondere a ogni domanda.",
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          "long-windedly"
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        "(idiomatic) to say circuitously or long-windedly"
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          "word": "protrarsi"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "dilungarsi"
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  "word": "prendere alla lontana"
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