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here, there and everywhere

idiom
Meaning

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


Examples
SIMPLE

I have been here, there and everywhere looking for my keys.

CONTEXTUAL

The busy manager is here, there and everywhere today, trying to fix problems in every department.

COMPLEX

The traveling musician spent years performing here, there and everywhere, gathering stories from the many cultures he encountered along the way.

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

    be there

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

  4. 04

    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.

  5. 05

    been there, done that, bought the T-shirt

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

  6. 06

    been there, done that, got the T-shirt

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

  7. 07

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  8. 08

    from here to Sunday

    Everywhere; all over the place.

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