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Idiom

here you are

Meaning

Said when handing something over to someone or doing a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Here you are, here is your coffee.”

“The clerk handed me the receipt and said, here you are, have a nice day.”

“After searching through the dusty archives for hours, the librarian finally located the rare manuscript and said, here you are, just as you requested.”

Examples

simple

“Here you are, here is your coffee.”

contextual

“The clerk handed me the receipt and said, here you are, have a nice day.”

complex

“After searching through the dusty archives for hours, the librarian finally located the rare manuscript and said, here you are, just as you requested.”

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