GO A LONG WAY

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "go a long way" is one way to...):

answer; do; serve; suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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