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coming a long way

coming a long way is the present participle and gerund 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 coming a long way

What is coming a long way the present participle and gerund of?
Coming a long way is the present participle and gerund of come a long way.

Words near coming a long way in the dictionary

  1. Cominformist
  2. Cominformists
  3. coming
  4. coming a cropper
  5. coming a gutser
  6. coming a long way
  7. coming about
  8. coming across
  9. coming across with
  10. coming after
  11. coming alive

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