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up hill and down dell

up hill and down dell is the alternative form of up hill and down dale.

Meaning of up hill and down dale

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

Questions about up hill and down dell

What is up hill and down dell the alternative form of?
Up hill and down dell is the alternative form of up hill and down dale.

Words near up hill and down dell in the dictionary

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

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