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                            Phrase(s): down the road a piece [and] down the road a stretch 
Rur. a short distance down the road.  •  Smith’s Dry Goods Store? It’s down the road a piece, on the left-hand side.  •  I’m not sure we’re lost. Let’s go on down the road a stretch and see if we recognize anything.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs