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up hill and down dale

up hill and down dale adverb: here and there; everywhere.

Adverb

up hill and down dale (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, idiomatic) Here and there; everywhere.
    • I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 275
    • We bought a 1969 dark green VW Beetle which I immediately named "Doodle Bug," and off we went. The car did not give us a minute's trouble throughout the trip — up hill, down dale, across uncharted wastelands between super highways.1980 December 6, Nancy Walker, “Toodle-Oo, Doodle”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 12

up hill and down dale meaning in Bengali

up hill and down dale in Bengali

সর্বত্র

Forms of up hill and down dale

alternative formup hill and down dell
alternative formuphill and downdale

Questions about up hill and down dale

What does up hill and down dale mean?
Up hill and down dale means here and there; everywhere.
What is up hill and down dale in Bengali?
Up hill and down dale in Bengali is সর্বত্র. See Up hill and down dale meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is up hill and down dale?
Up hill and down dale is an adverb.

Words near up hill and down dale in the dictionary

  1. up front
  2. up gaze
  3. up goes the donkey
  4. Up Helly Aa
  5. up here
  6. up hill and down dale
  7. up hill and down dell
  8. Up Holland
  9. up in arms
  10. up in one's grill
  11. up in the air

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