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here, there and everywhere

here, there and everywhere

2 4.3
In many places at the same time
  • idiom
  • Informal
: por todas partes
  • The children ran here, there, and everywhere, excitedly playing tag in the park.

Examples

  • "They're showing up here, there, and everywhere," Hanson said.

    Blog text (30)

  • It seems to me the Diogenes Club is here, there, and everywhere.

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

  • I am hearing it here, there, and everywhere, but I see no progress.

    Blog text (22)

  • "Here, there, and everywhere," said Dad.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Make arrows pointing here, there, and everywhere.

    Blog text (21)

  • "You don't expect to be, like, 65 and be running around doing all this, flying here, there, and everywhere."

    Blog text (7)

  • Ahead of him scampered Banga, sniffing here, there, and everywhere.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • At first, it was disorienting to be always popping up here, there, and everywhere without, she thought, much rhyme or reason.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Here, there, and everywhere, ethical boundaries are erased and logic surrenders to magical thinking.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Tables, booths, and banquettes are well-spaced, allowing servers and guests to thread here, there, and everywhere as they walk about.

    Blog text (29)

Synonyms

all over
vshere, there and everywhere
∞ 1.0

In every part of a place

applies to many different places or situations beyond one area
everywhere
vshere, there and everywhere
∞ 1.0

In all places

covers situations as well as places
everyplace
vshere, there and everywhere
  • US
1 2.0

In all places

covers situations as well as places rather than only location

Antonyms

nowhere
∞ 1.0

Not in any place where someone can find it

Surface Forms

here, there and everywhere positive

Morphology

here, + there + and + everywhere

The phrase is a transparent coordination of place adverbs: 'here' + 'there' + 'everywhere' joined by 'and', so the combined meaning 'in many different places; everywhere' is directly derivable from the constituent words. The additive/listing pattern is cross-linguistically common and functions as an emphatic way to indicate ubiquity, so a B1 learner who knows the individual words will understand the MWE.

Etymology

Here, there and everywhere gives a clear picture of someone moving from here to there and then to everywhere, as if they are in many places. That's why it means 'in many different places'.