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here we are

here we are proverb: indicates ambivalence or resignation about the present circumstances; dismisses the previous observations as irrelevant.

Proverb

here we are

  1. Indicates ambivalence or resignation about the present circumstances; dismisses the previous observations as irrelevant.
    • And I don’t have a nose, and yet here we are.2017, Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, directors, Coco, spoken by Clerk (Gabriel Iglesias), Pixar

Origin of here we are

From here + we (“the speaker and the person being addressed”) + are.

Questions about here we are

What does here we are mean?
Here we are means indicates ambivalence or resignation about the present circumstances; dismisses the previous observations as irrelevant.
What part of speech is here we are?
Here we are is a proverb.

Words near here we are in the dictionary

  1. here goes nothing
  2. here here
  3. here lies
  4. here to stay
  5. here today, gone tomorrow
  6. here we are
  7. here we go
  8. here we go again
  9. here you are
  10. here you go
  11. here'd

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