far vs within spitting distance

far

verb
  • To send far away. 

adv
  • To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent. 

  • Very much; by a great amount. 

noun
  • A litter of piglets; a farrow. 

  • Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it. 

adj
  • More remote of two. 

  • Long. 

  • Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position. 

  • Remote in time. 

  • Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture. 

  • Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality. 

  • Distant; remote in space. 

within spitting distance

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