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- r far away from home or one's usual surroundings
looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall - r in or into a field (especially a field of battle)
the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance
unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens - r off the subject; beyond the point at issue
such digressions can lead us too far afield
- His farming success is due not to the efficiency of hired supervisors, but to the long hours of gritty, grubby work he himself does afield.
- Three years later, and what at first seemed like a cliquey Tokyo phenomenon is now extending its reach as far afield as Shanghai, Vienna and Buenos Aires.
- As a Sorbonne-educated sociologist and lawyer, he has lectured as far afield as Italy's University of Rome and Britain's King's College at Cambridge.