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there you are

idiom
Meaning

Used while giving someone something. Here you are; there you go.


Examples
SIMPLE

There you are, here is your coffee.

CONTEXTUAL

I finally found your lost keys under the sofa, so there you are.

COMPLEX

After searching through the dusty archives for hours, the librarian handed me the rare manuscript and said, there you are.

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

    get there

    To succeed after a lengthy attempt.

Last updated April 17, 2026