Definition of "out and away" []

• By far: She's out and away the best swimmer on the team. (adverb)

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• "Instead, capped and mittened, a light stampeding outfit, including his rabbit skin robe, strapped on his back, he was out and away on a many-days 'tramp over creeks and divides, inspecting the whole neighboring territory."
• "His muscles bunched, spasmed; in one beautiful drapery tracery he rejected her forever, threw her out and away in a flapping ghost-bird plummet all the way down to the rocks."
• "Two horse-palkis were clattering out and away along an avenue of high impenetrable hedges; one remained, and Yehonala was drawing aside its curtain, preparing to climb in but looking back anxiously — for me, I like to think, for she gave a little cry as I appeared."