108 Come a long way
(PW) make great progress
He came a long way in his recovery from surgery.
(free) come a long way
to make a lot of progress and improvement The five-member rock group has come a long way since recording its first album. Computer graphics have come a long way in the last few years.
(dictionary)
come a long way
Make considerable progress or improvement, as in That's good, Rob
you've certainly come a long way. This usage, which transfers the "distance" of a long way to progress, gained considerable currency in the 1960s and 1970s in an advertising slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes addressed especially to women: "You've come a long way, baby."
