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What does "all the way" mean here?

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Rebecca

"All the way" here implies that the location being discusses is far away. Therefore, the speaker is saying that Texas is far away from New York (from where she is), and that Ross (who is dressed as an armadillo) had to travel far to get to New York. She is saying he is from Texas because armadillos live in Texas. Ex: We went all this way for nothing! Ex: You traveled all this way for me? Ex: He traveled all this way just to see you.

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