way back

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way back

adverb

not comparable long ago
Similar: of old
not comparable far into the past As friends, we go way back: we met in primary school.

Similar: yore

noun

uncountable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see way, back.
informal, uncountable The part farthest in the back, as of a passenger vehicle. Mom swerves the church's turd-brown minivan into an open space. Departure area. The little kids are in the back seat. They ramble on about the airport. Patrick sits in the way back.

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@misc{way_back_2026,
  title = {way back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/way%20back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}