GO A LONG / SOME WAY TOWARDS DOING STH

Meaning of GO A LONG / SOME WAY TOWARDS DOING STH in English

to help very much / a little in achieving sth :

The new law goes a long way towards solving the problem.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

GO
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LONG
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DOING
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TOWARDS — vers; contra
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — THAT WAS YOUR ~: ta vu es culpabil, pri to vu es responsabil
English interlingue dictionary
TOWARDS — (Prepositional element (alang kang, hangtud sa, etc.)) ngadto sa;paingon sa
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOING — buhat
English-Visayan vocabulary
TOWARDS — I. adjective see: toward II. preposition see: toward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOING — noun Date: 14th century the act of performing or executing ; action , 2. plural things that are done or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LONG — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Long Beach Long Island Long Island Sound long jump Long March Long Parliament Long …
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WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOME — I. (|)səm adjective Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pron., from Old English sum, adjective & pron.; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LONG — I. ˈlȯŋ also ˈläŋ adjective ( lon·ger -ŋgə(r) ; lon·gest -ŋgə̇st) Etymology: Middle English long, lang, from Old English; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
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-SOME — I. _səm; when n immediately precedes, as in “winsome”, (t)səm adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; …
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TOWARDS — -dz adverb Etymology: Middle English towardes, from towardes, adjective, toward archaic : forward , onward
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STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
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STH — abbreviation south
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DOING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of don to do — more at do 1. a. : …
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TOWARDS — (prep. & adv.) See Toward.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWARDS — (adv.) Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWARDS — (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.
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DOING — (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
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DOING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do
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DOING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Do
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — ( n. ) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOME — /sum/ ; unstressed /seuhm/ , adj. 1. being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. 2. (used with …
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LONG — long 1 — longly , adv. — longness , n. /lawng, long/ , adj. longer /lawng"geuhr, long"-/ , longest /lawng"gist, …
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GO
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DOING — /dooh"ing/ , n. 1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 2. doings , deeds; proceedings; happenings; …
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DOING — n. act, deed
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WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOME — I. ˈsəm, for 2 without stress adjective Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pronoun, from Old English sum; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LONG — I. ˈlȯŋ adjective ( lon·ger lȯŋ-gər also -ər ; lon·gest ˈlȯŋ-gəst also -əst) Etymology: Middle English long, lang, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
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-SOME — I. adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; akin to Old High German -sam -some, Old English …
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DOING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal …
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TOWARDS — prep in the direction of; to. 2. towards ·prep near; about; approaching to. 3. towards ·adv near; at hand; in …
Webster English vocab
SOME — adj considerable in number or quality. 2. some ·adj not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some …
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LONG — superl far-reaching; extensive. 2. long ·noun a long sound, syllable, or vowel. 3. long ·adv through the whole extent or …
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GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
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DOING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of do. 2. doing ·noun anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the …
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DOING — ■ noun 1》 (also ~s ) the activities in which someone engages. 2》 activity or effort: it would take some …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
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SOME — [some] adj [ME som, adj. & pron., fr. OE sum; akin to OHG sum some, Gk hame somehow, homos same--more …
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GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
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TOWARDS — towards BrE AmE tə ˈwɔːdz tu-; tɔːdz AmE \ tɔːrdz toʊrdz; tə ˈwɔːrdz, twɔːrdz, twoʊrdz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LONG — long, Long BrE AmE lɒŋ AmE lɔːŋ lɑːŋ ▷ longed lɒŋd AmE lɔːŋd lɑːŋd ▷ longer ˈlɒŋ ɡə AmE ˈlɔːŋ …
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DOING — doing BrE AmE ˈdu ː ‿ɪŋ ▷ doing|s z
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WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWARDS — / təˈwɔːdz; NAmE tɔːrdz/ (also to·ward / təˈwɔːd; NAmE tɔːrd/ especially in NAmE ) preposition 1. in the direction of …
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SOME — determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner / səm; NAmE ; strong form sʌm/ 1. used with uncountable nouns or …
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LONG — / lɒŋ; NAmE lɔːŋ/ adjective , adverb , verb ■ adjective ( long·er / ˈlɒŋgə(r); NAmE ˈlɔːŋ-/ long·est / ˈlɒŋgɪst; …
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GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
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DOING — / ˈduːɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ C , usually pl. , U ] a thing done or caused by sb …
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WAY
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TOWARDS
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SOME — I. some 1 S1 W1 /səm; strong sʌm/ BrE AmE determiner [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sum ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LONG — I. long 1 S1 W1 /lɒŋ $ lɒːŋ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative longer , superlative longest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GO
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOING — do ‧ ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ do , ↑ outdo , ↑ overdo …
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WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
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