be there
To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I know you are sad, but I will be there for you.”
“When she lost her job, her best friend promised to be there for her through the difficult months ahead.”
“Regardless of the distance or the time that had passed, he vowed to be there for his brother during his darkest moments of grief.”
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all there
Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.
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as if there were no tomorrow
To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.
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been there, done that
An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.
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been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.
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been there, done that, got the T-shirt
Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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get there
To succeed after a lengthy attempt.
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here, there and everywhere
In or to many different places; all over the place.
Last updated August 10, 2026