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here and there

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

There \There\, adv. [OE. ther, AS. [eth][=ae]r; akin to D. daar,
   G. da, OHG. d[=a]r, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. [thorn]ar,
   Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. [root]184. See {That}, pron.]
   1. In or at that place. ``[They] there left me and my man,
      both bound together.'' --Shak.

            The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
            there he put the man whom he had formed. --Ge. ii.
                                                  8.

   Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a
         place farther off. ``Darkness there might well seem
         twilight here.'' --Milton.

   2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage,
      etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop
      there, but continued his speech.

            The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And
            turns it to exile; there art thou happy. --Shak.

   3. To or into that place; thither.

            The rarest that e'er came there.      --Shak.

   Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling
         the attention to something, especially to something
         distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There
         is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it
         introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its
         subject.

               A knight there was, and that a worthy man.
                                                  --Chaucer.

               There is a path which no fowl knoweth. --Job
                                                  xxviii. 7.

               Wherever there is a sense or perception, there
               some idea is actually produced.    --Locke.

               There have been that have delivered themselves
               from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.
                                                  --Suckling.

   Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the
         sense of a pronoun. See {Thereabout}, {Thereafter},
         {Therefrom}, etc.

   Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.

               Spend their good there it is reasonable.
                                                  --Chaucer.

   {Here and there}, in one place and another.

   Syn: See {Thither}.

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.

Source : WordNet®

here and there
     adv : in or to various places; first this place and then that; "he
           worked here and there but never for long in one town";
           "we drove here and there in the darkness"
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