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be there

idiom
Meaning

To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.


Examples
SIMPLE

I know you are sad, but I will be there for you.

CONTEXTUAL

When she lost her job, her best friend promised to be there for her through the difficult months ahead.

COMPLEX

Regardless of the distance or the time that had passed, he vowed to be there for his brother during his darkest moments of grief.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all there

    Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    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.

  4. 04

    been there, done that, bought the T-shirt

    Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.

  5. 05

    been there, done that, got the T-shirt

    Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    get there

    To succeed after a lengthy attempt.

  8. 08

    here, there and everywhere

    In or to many different places; all over the place.

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