way back
adverb
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adv
- long ago
- far into the past
“As friends, we go way back: we met in primary school.”
““we’re mighty glad to have you all here. Don’t pay no ‘tention to Lula, she’s contentious because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She’s a troublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an’ haughty ways—we’re mighty glad to have you all.””
noun
- The part farthest in the back, as of a passenger vehicle.
“Mom swerves the church's turd-brown minivan into an open space. Departure area. The little kids are in the back seat. They ramble on about the airport. Patrick sits in the way back.”