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 #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 18:42 pm What does "all this way" mean? |
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Hi,
Yes, you're right 'all this way' means a very long way.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Apr 07, 2011 14:59 pm What does "all this way" mean? |
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Why can’t one 'come all this route?'
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 07, 2011 15:49 pm What does "all this way" mean? |
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Hi,
'Route' is too precise as it defines a particular journey. 'Way' is needed here to suggest an unspecified distance. It is also used in a figurative sense as in: You have come all this way in your career and it would be a pity if you now decided to change jobs.
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Apr 07, 2011 18:45 pm What does "all this way" mean? |
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Thank you for the explanation, Alan. It was useful to listen to your voice message as well.
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Apr 07, 2011 22:03 pm What does "all this way" mean? |
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Hi,
beside this meaning which it's traffic thing,
I've heard such a thing that would be used for something else like as :
I want to be out "all the way". Like for good.
or, Why all the way out ?..
Also, I'm in all the way.
Guess it's something has to do with the effort. I mean "all the way". |
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