here and there
here and there {adv. phr.}
1. In one place and then in another.
I looked here and there for my pen, but I didn't look everywhere.
Here and there in the yard little yellow flowers had sprung up.
2. In various directions.
We went here and there looking for berries.
Compare: HITHER AND THITHER.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms