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It is neither here nor there

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Here \Here\, adv. [OE. her, AS. h?r; akin to OS. h?r, D. hier,
   OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h?r, Dan. her, Sw. h["a]r;
   fr. root of E. he. See {He}.]
   1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; --
      opposed to {there}.

            He is not here, for he is risen.      --Matt.
                                                  xxviii. 6.

   2. In the present life or state.

            Happy here, and more happy hereafter. --Bacon.

   3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See {Thither}.

            Here comes Virgil.                    --B. Jonson.

            Thou led'st me here.                  --Byron.

   4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

            The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise.
                                                  --Warren.

   Note: Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a
         verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something
         or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in
         drinking healths. ``Here's [a health] to thee, Dick.''
         --Cowley.

   {Here and there}, in one place and another; in a dispersed
      manner; irregularly. ``Footsteps here and there.''
      --Longfellow.

   {It is neither, here nor there}, it is neither in this place
      nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence,
      it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense.
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