come a long way



come a long way

to make a lot of progress and improvement The five-member rock group has come a long way since recording its first album. Computer graphics have come a long way in the last few years.
See also: come, long, way

come a long way

Make considerable progress or improvement, as in That's good, Rob-you've certainly come a long way. This usage, which transfers the "distance" of a long way to progress, gained considerable currency in the 1960s and 1970s in an advertising slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes addressed especially to women: "You've come a long way, baby."
See also: come, long, way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Heshel-Yiddish
Bald[bɔ:ld]
BeulahBYOO-lə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Angelineawn-zhə-LEENFrench
Nandag-Scottish
WŁOdzisŁAwvwaw-JEE-swahfPolish (Rare)