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from a mile away

prep.phr. (context idiomatic English) Well in advance.

Usage examples of "from a mile away".

The world exploded in brilliant reds and greens, and I watched from a mile away as the ceiling moved in circles and my brain seemed to thud outside of my head onto the floor somewhere.

He silently approximated the distance, realizing the diameter of the half-buried rims of the transmission dishes had to be immense in order to be seen at all from a mile away.

So the Tree might know that a man was coming from a mile away, but not be able to project any images farther than a quarter mile out, and the full feedback might not operate beyond the actual area shaded by its foliage.

He knew that enemies might spot him from a mile away, a dark spot against the whiteness, but knew he also that unless they were aerial creatures-and ones large enough to buck the wintry blow-they'd never get near to him.

He knew that enemies might spot him from a mile away, a dark spot against the whiteness, but knew he also that unless they were aerial creatures—.

Doc knew fish and had said a shark could smell fresh blood from a mile away.