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Means not even close - nowhere near the truth of the matter.
Saying Madonna has talent would be a far cry from the truth.
Far Cry by Bomni February 9, 2005
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A far cry is the distance between two people that which one can still hear the other.
An audible distance.

Princeton has a definition that dictionary.com does not (wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn). Although there is a popular videogame named Far Cry, it is indeed a normal English phrase already/as well.

Country singer Tracy Lawrence also has a song "Far Cry from You."
Jim:"Where's Bill? He went out a long way, he hasn't been back for a while, is he lost or somethin'?"
Tom:"Nah, he's only a far cry from here, I heard him holler a minute ago, hehe."
Far Cry by Kimblixen November 13, 2005
Far Cry kicks ass
Far Cry by Ghost Freeman May 22, 2004
An excellent game with awesome graphics. The multiplayer part of the game is currently under-rated.
Wipe those noobs out on the US Official West and East coast Far Cry servers!
far cry by far cry May 2, 2005
One of the best songs from the Rush album Snakes & Arrows
person #1: Hey did you get the new Rush C.D?
Person #2: Yeah I love the song Far Cry
far cry by Uploaded_Hero August 27, 2007
A game with a wonderfully realistic world, where you can repair cars with a screwdriver, cure bullet wounds with a syringe, where checkpoints you blow up have magically been rebuilt when you pass there again (all the people there are reanimated, too).

Seriously now, despite these things being true: it's an FPS made by Ubisoft Montreal, and despite the name it has NOTHING to do with Far Cry, the game by Crytek.
Person 1: "Hey, you said you knew how to fix cars!"
Mechanic: "Yes, I do. In Far Cry 2 at least."
Far Cry 2 by dragondrop March 9, 2012
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