a far remove

noun

A great distance from something or somewhere.

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Meanings

nouna far remove (uncountable)
  1. idiomaticuncountableA great distance from something or somewhere.

    The aristocratic House of Peers is at a far remove from the people

    1919, Arthur Judson Brown, The Mastery of the Far East, section 295
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APA

a far remove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20far%20remove

MLA

“a far remove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20far%20remove. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “a far remove,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20far%20remove.

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