long off
A fielding position on the off side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent…A fielding position on the off side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives
» Our destination is still a long way off.
Zu unserem Ziel ist es noch immer ein weiter Weg. — Sudajaengi
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A fielding position on the off side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives
Examples
22 sentencesOur destination is still a long way off.
deZu unserem Ziel ist es noch immer ein weiter Weg. — Sudajaengi
Let's hope that that day is a long way off.
Let's hope that day is a long way off.
Why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?
ruПочему бы тебе не пойти куда подальше? — marafon
The longer you put off doing that, the harder it's going to be to do it.
Forms
plural: long offsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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