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idiommiledo sth a mile a minuteused in order to say that someone or something is doing something very fast:Debbie came in this morning talking a mile a minute about her trip to Australia - she's so excited.Jill tried to hide behind the door, her heart beating a mile a minute.go the/that extra mileto make a special effort or do more than you have been asked to do, in order to achieve something:Trope Records goes the extra mile and provides insurance cover for all their artists. We need to raise five million pounds - not an easy task, but we have to be willing to go the extra mile for the sake of the children who depend on us.see/know/tell sth a mile off BrEBrEsee/know/tell sth a mile away AmEused in order to say that it is very easy to say what someone or something really is, especially if it is supposed to be a secret:You can tell a reporter a mile off. We usually have no trouble keeping them out of the meetings."How did you know it was me - I didn't even say anything." "Yeah, but I'd know your laugh a mile away."stand/stick out a mile BrEBrEused in order to say that something is very easy to see or notice:Steven's sprawling handwriting always stood out a mile, so she knew the letter was from him as soon as she saw it.One thing that sticks out a mile in the debate is that everyone blamed the Conservative Party for the war.sb would run a milespoken used in order to say that someone is very unwilling to do something or be involved in a situation:Any life insurance salesman would run a mile when they heard that my Dad died of heart failure at the age of thirty five."So are you and Gary going to have children?" "He'd run a mile if I even suggested getting a dog."
See:- a country mile
- a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- a matter of (something)
- a matter of days, miles, pounds, etc.
- a mile a minute
- a mile away
- a mile off
- a million miles away
- a miss is as good as a mile
- be miles apart
- be miles away
- by a mile
- can see (from) a mile off
- country mile
- for miles
- from a mile away
- give (one) an inch and (one) will take a mile
- give (someone) an inch and they'll take a mile
- Give an inch and he'll take a mile
- give an inch and they'll take a mile
- give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
- go the extra mile
- mile a minute
- mile a minute, a
- miles and miles
- miles away
- miles from anywhere
- miles from anywhere/nowhere
- miles from nowhere
- million miles away
- miss (something) by a mile
- miss by a mile
- miss is as good as a mile
- miss is as good as a mile, a
- not a hundred/thousand/million miles away
- not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here
- run a mile
- see (something) a mile off
- see something a mile off
- see, spot, smell, etc. something a mile off
- speak a mile a minute
- spot (something) a mile off
- stand out a mile
- stand/stick out a mile
- stick out
- stick out a mile
- talk a mile a minute
- walk a mile in (someone's) shoes
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