Usually means: By a significant, clear margin.
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  1. by a long shot: Merriam-Webster
  2. by a long shot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. by a long shot: Collins English Dictionary
  4. by a long shot: Vocabulary.com
  5. by a long shot: Wiktionary
  6. by a long shot: Dictionary.com
  7. by a long shot: Rhymezone
  8. BY A LONG SHOT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  9. by a long shot: FreeDictionary.org
  10. by a long shot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. by a long shot: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. by a long shot: Encyclopedia

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  1. by a long shot: Idioms

Definitions from WordNet (by a long shot)

adverb:  by a great deal ("He is the best by a long shot")

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