Definition all the way in American English

all the way phrase

phrase

if you do something all the way, you put all your effort into doing it

Synonyms and related words

hard concerted painstaking

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if you say that you go or travel all the way somewhere, you emphasize that it is a long way

Example

We'll have to go all the way back to get the list.

Synonyms and related words

long little away

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