over thereadv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvə ˈðɛː/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvər ˈðɛ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over adv., there adv.

Etymology: < over adv. + there adv. Compare out there adv.

U.S. colloquial (originally Military).

In the First World War (1914–18): to or in Europe, esp. France, the Western Front. Hence: to or in a military engagement overseas, a foreign country, etc. Cf. out there adv. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adverb]

Europeanly1831

over there1917

1917 G. M. Cohan Over There (song) 3 Send the word o-ver there—That the Yanks are com-ing... And we won't come back till it's o-ver o-ver there.

1918 Detroit Free Press 17 Sept. 3/4 Officers are now reading letters to their platoons from Yanks in service ‘over there’, describing the fighting.

1946 M. Shulman Zebra Derby 71 ‘So you were Over There too?’ I said. ‘Myself, I was a private in the 734th Infantry Division.’

1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 69/2 The soldiers who go over there are unaware of what they're doing there; a lot of them are supporting the country because they're reacting to the peaceniks.

2000 Times 2 Aug. i. 15/1 ‘Cheney said he had other priorities in the Sixties,’ Tom Harkin, the Democratic senator and a Vietnam veteran, mocked. ‘Well, la dee dah. So did a lot of other young men who went over there [i.e. to Vietnam] and didn't come back.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	over there
释义	over thereadv. Brit. /ˌəʊvə ˈðɛː/, U.S. /ˌoʊvər ˈðɛ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over adv., there adv. Etymology: < over adv. + there adv. Compare out there adv. U.S. colloquial (originally Military). In the First World War (1914–18): to or in Europe, esp. France, the Western Front. Hence: to or in a military engagement overseas, a foreign country, etc. Cf. out there adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adverb] Europeanly1831 over there1917 1917 G. M. Cohan Over There (song) 3 Send the word o-ver there—That the Yanks are com-ing... And we won't come back till it's o-ver o-ver there. 1918 Detroit Free Press 17 Sept. 3/4 Officers are now reading letters to their platoons from Yanks in service ‘over there’, describing the fighting. 1946 M. Shulman Zebra Derby 71 ‘So you were Over There too?’ I said. ‘Myself, I was a private in the 734th Infantry Division.’ 1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake Music of their Laughter 69/2 The soldiers who go over there are unaware of what they're doing there; a lot of them are supporting the country because they're reacting to the peaceniks. 2000 Times 2 Aug. i. 15/1 ‘Cheney said he had other priorities in the Sixties,’ Tom Harkin, the Democratic senator and a Vietnam veteran, mocked. ‘Well, la dee dah. So did a lot of other young men who went over there [i.e. to Vietnam] and didn't come back.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1917
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