nowhere

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Where am I going!--nowhere--anywhere.

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  1. adverb Not anywhere.
  2. adverb To no place or result: protested the ruling but got nowhere.
  3. noun A remote or unknown place: a cabin in the middle of nowhere.
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  • That will get you nowhere, my pretty man-type male buck! —  Castle Roogna
  • Out of nowhere, a white-hot harpoon of pain lanced up her left side and nailed her left temple. —  Gone by Lisa Gardner
  • But nowhere was there movement nor sign of life until they walked, passing two State Patrol cars and three other automobiles, to the former root cellar that had been made into a target range Georg Lanier had not been moved. —  165 - The Devil Is Jones
  • You're real close to meetin ' your maker Don't let him see your fear The thought came out of nowhere, and somehow Casey knew that at that moment, Ryder was with her in the only way he could be. —  Sharon Sala - Ryder's Wife
  • People seemingly appearing from nowhere, there began to be bedlam. —  084 - The Angry Ghost
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  1. from Middle English no where, no whar, no war, no hwer, from Anglo-Saxon nāhwǣr, from nā, no, + hwǣr, where: see no and where.
 

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/ˈnoʊhwɛr/
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