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The phrase "a couple away" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is a few units or instances away from a certain point or quantity.
Example: "We are just a couple away from reaching our fundraising goal."
Alternatives: "a few away" or "a pair away".
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Cook dinks a couple away to leg.
Napoli haven't done much tonight, and yet they could easily have put a couple away.
"Twenty minutes in against South Africa we hadn't had any ball, we kicked a couple away," said Hodge.
He threw a couple away just trying to find guys, but he really looked good out there.
Therapists believed that sending a couple away for two weeks was unrealistic; they argued for treatment at home with real-life pressures.
Morton takes a single from the first ball, while Gayle cuts a couple away square and then scoots a single to cover.
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My uncle was a couple blocks away when it happened..
I'm a couple weeks away from finishing.
She came up with a couple straight away".
"It's a couple years away," Mr. Naider said.
It was a couple blocks away from my house.
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