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Sth Long Laying Fears Rest Long/Some Much/A Achieving

Front go a long way towards laying our fears to rest
Back go a long/some way towards doing sth
to help very much/a little in achieving sth

The new law goes a long way towards solving the problem.


lay / put sth to 'rest 
• to stop sth by showing it is not true

 »The announcement finally laid all the speculation about their future to rest. 

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