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HITHER AND THITHER

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(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

From one place or situation to another

Example:

we were driven from pillar to post

Synonyms:

from pillar to post; hither and thither

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Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

With wonder and admiration, Alleyne, leaning over the bulwarks, gazed at the forest of masts, the swarm of boats darting hither and thither on the bosom of the broad curving stream, and the gray crescent-shaped city which stretched with many a tower and minaret along the western shore.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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