here\ and\ there

here\ and\ there
adv. phr.
1. In one place and then in another.

I looked here and there for my pen, but I didn't look everywhere.

Here and there in the yard little yellow flowers had sprung up.

2. In various directions.

We went here and there looking for berries.

Compare: hither and thither

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