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as the gull flies

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.

Ireland, UK, idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“It is 240 miles as the gull flies.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

as the raven flies as the wind blows as they come as usual as well as well, also, not to mention

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