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Far and wide   /fɑr ənd waɪd/   Listen
Far and wide

adverb
1.
Over great areas or distances; everywhere.  Synonym: far and near.  "The news spread far and wide" , "People came from far and near" , "Searched for the child far and near"






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"Far and wide" Quotes from Famous Books



... his great big heart to the dainty maiden, and could not bear to lose sight of her. So afraid were they that she would vanish, and they would never see her again, that they followed her far and wide over the moor, trying to coax her to come and talk with them. But Tamara, like a laughing, mischievous sprite, ran from them laughing, led them over moor and river, always evading them, never letting them ...
— Cornwall's Wonderland • Mabel Quiller-Couch

... now—which stuff contains the spores. It is a case of what naturalists call "mimicry"—one of nature's countless adaptations. The golf-player smites these things with force, covering himself with ridicule—and spores, and so disseminating this far-sighted and ingenious fungus far and wide ...
— Certain Personal Matters • H. G. Wells

... one but a newspaper editor completely realises it," Howard answered. "As one sits here night after night, sending messages far and wide and receiving immediate answers, he loses all sense of space. The whole world seems ...
— The Great God Success • John Graham (David Graham Phillips)

... far and wide, and the fame of her virtues, joined thereto, brought many strangers into Gunther's land. Yet, though many wooed her, Kriemhild was firm-minded to ...
— The Fall of the Niebelungs • Unknown

... body was inspected by the jury when the inquest took place in the coffee-room of the Warrior Inn, immediately opposite Mrs. Bolton's abode. There was a large crowd round the inn, as people had come from far and wide to hear the verdict of the jury, and Gartley, for the first and only time in its existence, presented the aspect ...
— The Green Mummy • Fergus Hume


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