The journey will take him the best part of a year.
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He drank the best part of a bottle of Scotch waiting for her to get home.
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The journey took her the better part of an hour.
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(the) better part of something — the best/better/part of something phrase almost all of something, especially a period of time The journey will take him the best part of a year. Thesaurus: almost and almost notsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
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