Usually means: Extensively, over a large area.
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  1. far and wide: Merriam-Webster
  2. far and wide: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. far and wide: Collins English Dictionary
  4. far and wide: Vocabulary.com
  5. far and wide: Wordnik
  6. far and wide: Wiktionary
  7. Far and wide, far and wide: Dictionary.com
  8. Far and Wide: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. far and wide: Rhymezone
  10. far and wide: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. far and wide: FreeDictionary.org
  12. far and wide: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. far and wide: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. far and wide: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. far and wide: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (far and wide)

▸ adverb:  Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere.

Similar:
far and near, abroad, all over, way out, long, broadcast, Worlds, Afar, wide, overfar, more...

Opposite:
near, close, local, limited, restricted

Phrases:
known far and wide, wander far and wide, wanders far and wide, travel far and wide, spread far and wide, more...

Adjectives:
comprehensive, wide, farreaching, broad, sweeping, wholesale, extended, broad-brush, far-flung, broad-spectrum, far-reaching

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Similar:
far and near, abroad, all over, way out, long, broadcast, Worlds, Afar, wide, overfar, more...

Opposite:
near, close, local, limited, restricted

Phrases:
known far and wide, wander far and wide, wanders far and wide, travel far and wide, spread far and wide, go far and wide, more...

Adjectives:
comprehensive, wide, farreaching, broad, sweeping, wholesale, extended, broad-brush, far-flung, broad-spectrum, far-reaching



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