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came a long way

came a long way is the simple past of come a long way.

Meaning of come a long way

Verb

come 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)

  1. (idiomatic) To make significant progress.
    • Computer-generated graphics have come a long way in the past few decades.

Questions about came a long way

What is came a long way the simple past of?
Came a long way is the simple past of come a long way.

Words near came a long way in the dictionary

  1. Camdenton
  2. Camdyn
  3. came
  4. came a cropper
  5. came a gutser
  6. came a long way
  7. came about
  8. came across
  9. came across with
  10. came after
  11. came alive

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