by a long shot

/baɪ ɐ lˈɒŋ ʃˈɒt/

/baɪ ɐ lˈɑːŋ ʃˈɑːt/

[phrase]

by a long shot

[PHRASE]

used to convey how great the difference is between two things

Examples

1. No city has escaped the recession, but Seattle has fared best by a long shot.

2. Australia is the largest producer of raw lithium by a long shot, followed by Chile, China and Argentina.

3. You've done the most, I think by a long shot.

4. As you can see, there's some strange overlaps with these borders, but we're not done talking about complications by a long shot one again, because empire.