here+and+there

  • 1here and there — {adv. phr.} 1. In one place and then in another. * /I looked here and there for my pen, but I didn t look everywhere./ * /Here and there in the yard little yellow flowers had sprung up./ 2. In various directions. * /We went here and there looking …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2here and there — {adv. phr.} 1. In one place and then in another. * /I looked here and there for my pen, but I didn t look everywhere./ * /Here and there in the yard little yellow flowers had sprung up./ 2. In various directions. * /We went here and there looking …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3Here and there — Here Here (h[=e]r), adv. [OE. her, AS. h[=e]r; akin to OS. h[=e]r, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h[=e]r, Dan. her, Sw. h[ a]r; fr. root of E. he. See {He}.] 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; opposed to {there}.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Here and there — There There, adv. [OE. ther, AS. [eth][=ae]r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. d[=a]r, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. [thorn]ar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. [root]184. See {That}, pron.] 1. In or at that place. [They] there left me and my man, both… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5here and there — adverb Date: 14th century 1. in one place and another 2. from time to time …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6It is neither here nor there — Here Here (h[=e]r), adv. [OE. her, AS. h[=e]r; akin to OS. h[=e]r, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h[=e]r, Dan. her, Sw. h[ a]r; fr. root of E. he. See {He}.] 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; opposed to {there}.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7here and now(1) — {adv. phr.} At this very time and place; right now; immediately. * /I want my dime back, and I want it here and now./ Compare: THEN AND THERE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 8here and now(1) — {adv. phr.} At this very time and place; right now; immediately. * /I want my dime back, and I want it here and now./ Compare: THEN AND THERE …

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  • 9then and there — {adv. phr.} At that very time and place in the past; right then. * /He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him./ Compare: IN ONE S TRACKS, ON THE SPOT, HERE AND NOW …

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  • 10then and there — {adv. phr.} At that very time and place in the past; right then. * /He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him./ Compare: IN ONE S TRACKS, ON THE SPOT, HERE AND NOW …

    Dictionary of American idioms