Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “come a long way“ and it is a phrase meaning is “to make considerable progress; to make much improvement; to reach the highest level of success; to become very successful.
Example Sentence: India’s knowledge of chess has come a long way since then. People know that possibilities are enormous for a talented child. That is why parents are taking their children to chess classes and making enormous sacrifices. For instance, during a tournament many years ago, I met a soft-spoken man who told me that he had quit his job as a lecturer so that he could concentrate on his daughter’s career in chess. Today, she is the strongest female player at the Chennai Chess Olympiad. And you guessed it right: that’s Koneru Humpy.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article The rise and rise of chess players and click here to read it.
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