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there now

there now interjection: expressing comfort or sympathy.

Interjection

  1. Expressing comfort or sympathy.
    • There now! Let's dry our eyes and forget all about that nasty boy!
  2. Expressing reproach.
    • There now! Stop all this nonsense at once!

Questions about there now

What does there now mean?
There now means expressing comfort or sympathy.
What part of speech is there now?
There now is an interjection.

Words near there now in the dictionary

  1. there isn't any easy way to say this
  2. there lies the rub
  3. there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
  4. there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
  5. there must be something in the water
  6. there now
  7. there one has it
  8. there ought to be a law
  9. there oughta be a law
  10. there oughtta be a law
  11. there she blows

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