as the gull flies
(UK, Ireland, idiomatic) In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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(UK, Ireland, idiomatic) In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
It is 240 miles as the gull flies.
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