far cry from
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffar,cryandfrom
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far
adjective
uk/fɑːr/us/fɑːr/
used to refer to something that is not near, or the part of something that is most distant from the centre or ...
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cry
noun
uk/kraɪ/us/kraɪ/
a loud, high sound that expresses ...
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from
preposition
uk/frɒm/us/frɑːm/
used to show the place where someone or ...
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(Definition offar,cryandfromfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is afarcryfrom past decades.
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To such supporters he is afarcryfrom the polished politician they distrust.
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This is afarcryfrom theories based only on what is overtly observable and measurable.
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Indeed, evolutionary or adaptive mechanisms are afarcryfrom rational choice.
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This profile of children's linguistic knowledge is afarcryfrom that of a linguist's.
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All this isfarcryfrom the idea of analysis as analysis of deductive connections.
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This is, of course, afarcryfrom a conclusive case against utilitarianism.
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But all this was afarcryfrom the ambitions of 1919.
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This is afarcryfrom the predictions of the bureau-shaping model.
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But escapism is afarcryfrom the traditional doctrine of purgatory.
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This is afarcryfrom merely investigating the impact 'institutions' have on labour supply, labour demand, and wage rates.
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However, this afarcryfrom being able to predict accurately the physiological substrate(s), and thus the biological function.
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This is afarcryfrom the assumption that elite representatives of language groups wrest language concessions from governments.
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Certainly, it is afarcryfrom the belief that the ' old maid ' has the worst old age.
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The present pattern is afarcryfrom what is required for a proper land resettlement programme to succeed.
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That was afarcryfrom reality.
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We are afarcryfrom that.
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That seems a veryfarcry.
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That seems afarcryfrom cohabitation.
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It is afarcryfrom the early years.
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But that is afarcryfrom general indexation.
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It is afarcry, this, from some former pronouncements.
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That is afarcryfrom a tax.
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