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How do you say this another way?
My car broke down a ways back.
2025년 9월 3일 오후 11:48
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My car broke down a while ago
My car broke down some time ago
2025년 9월 7일 오후 5:20
People will say “a ways” when they don’t know the actual distance but want to say it was a long distance.
Another example: “quite a ways away”
Is that confusing? 😄
2025년 9월 6일 오후 11:05
“A ways back” is referring to distance. You could replace it with the actual distance the car had broken down. It implies the person had to leave their car behind. You could say “my car broke down several miles/kilometers back, on Sunset Blvd.”
2025년 9월 6일 오후 11:00
You can also say:
My car broke down a while ago.
My car broke down some time ago.
My car broke down earlier.
“A ways back” is very casual. “A while ago” is the most common.
2025년 9월 4일 오전 3:40
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