over there

Adverb

Meaning

In that place; there (at some distance).
You see that house over there? That's where I used to live.

To that place; thither (at some distance).
Let's head over there.

(US, colloquial, originally military) overseas to Europe (for military engagement), especially to the Western Front in France during World War I

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The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out. Alan Moore

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there. Joe Strummer

Oh, I'm not a Berkeleian. I believe my back's against this wall. I believe there's a sten gun over there. Graham Greene

Kiss is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left. Gene Simmons

Every cat has a proper tail. Over there is a cat with no tail. Corsican Proverb

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