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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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... story that circulated far and wide among all classes. None had seen Edith personally except the doctor and those at the inn; and the general impression about her was that she was a fierce, bold, impetuous woman, with iron resolution and masculine temper. So, on the whole, public ...
— The Living Link • James De Mille

... the King had set his heart on having these two things done, he had it given out far and wide, in all the churches of his dominion, that he who could fell the big oak in the King's courtyard, and get him a well that would hold water the whole year round, should have the Princess ...
— Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know • Various

... Comeraghs, until we came in view of Dungarvan. We purchased some bread, eggs and tea at a village called Tubbernaheena; but while in the village we learned that the military and police were scouring the country far and wide, in search of arms, which compelled us to change our route and take an easterly direction. We crossed several miles of bog, and had to pass many a ravine; but the worst trial was before us. We applied in several houses for the means of preparing ...
— The Felon's Track • Michael Doheny

... appearance of potato scones. This paste they bake between two hot stones, with a couple of the leaves of the chestnut (dried for the purpose by the peasants) interposed. The baking takes scarcely a minute, and the cakes are then piled and packed, and sent far and wide. The arms and the tops of the chestnuts are made into charcoal, so that no part of this important tree is lost. We are here in the very midst of forests of chestnut only—far as the eye can reach in every direction, and as far as vegetation will go up every mountain side, its ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. • Various

... none better, how 'twould be, And spoke his warning far and wide: He worked to save us ceaselessly, Setting ...
— Mr. Punch's History of the Great War • Punch


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