go back a long way

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to have known each other for a long time

   We go back a long way.

   We go back a long way.

In the movies · 4

• They go back a long way, don't they?The Ultimate Gift2007
• We go back a long way.Deconstructing Harry1997
• A lot of that stuff goes back a long way between me and him.Good Will Hunting1997
• We go back a long way.The Big Chill1983

Learn it in full scenes

• Deconstructing Harry1997
  • Lucy Confronts Harry About the Book
  • Lucy Pulls a Gun on Harry
  • Death Comes for Mendel Birnbaum
• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will

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• the long and short of it

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