miles away
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miles away
Not paying attention; distracted or daydreaming.
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We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
It was so quiet, a reservation kind of quiet, where you can hear somebody drinking whiskey on the rocks three miles away.
A dog by your side is better than a brother miles away.
What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.
You can stay a thousand miles away from home and still see inside.