- in, at or to a place that you do not know or do not mention by name
- I read somewhere that she refuses to do interviews.
- Can we go somewhere warm?
- I've already looked there—it must be somewhere else.
- He went to school in York or somewhere (= I'm not sure where).
- They live somewhere or other in France.
- I've seen him somewhere before.
- I'm sure the information is out there somewhere.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySomewhere is used with these verbs:- lead2
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Idioms
See somewhere in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee somewhere in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishget somewhere
- (informal) to make progress in what you are doing
somewhere around, between, etc. something
- approximately the number or amount mentioned
- It cost somewhere around two thousand dollars.
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