Meanings
verbcome a long way (third-person singular simple present comes a long way, present participle coming a long way, simple past came a long way, past participle come a long way)
present singular third person comes a long way · participle present coming a long way · past came a long way
- idiomaticTo make significant progress.
Computer-generated graphics have come a long way in the past few decades.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 取得很大進步 /取得很大进步
- 取得很大進步 /取得很大进步 (qǔdé hěn dà jìnbù)to make significant progress
Finnish kehittyä paljon
- kehittyä paljonto make significant progress
French faire du chemin, parcourir du chemin
- faire du cheminto make significant progress
- parcourir du cheminto make significant progress
German gewaltige Fortschritte machen
- gewaltige Fortschritte machento make significant progress
Portuguese evoluir bastante
- evoluir bastanteto make significant progress
Russian шагну́ть далеко́ вперёд
- шагну́ть далеко́ вперёд (šagnútʹ dalekó vperjód)to make significant progress
Spanish avanzar mucho
- avanzar muchoto make significant progress
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Chicago
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