Смысл: somewhere

somewhere[ʹsʌmweə]
adv
<Í> 1) где-то, где-нибудь; куда-то, куда-нибудь
somewhere else - где-то в другом месте
he mentions it somewhere - он об этом где-то упоминает
he lives somewhere in the neighbourhood - он живёт где-то по соседству
2) около, приблизительно
somewhere about two months - около двух месяцев
she is somewhere in her fifties - ей пятьдесят с хвостиком
3) куда нужно, в нужном направлении
now we are getting somewhere - теперь мы наконец сдвинулись с места
♢ I'll see you somewhere first - ≅ да я скорее удавлюсь!

somewhere Идиома

take up one's abode somewhere

Idiom(s): take up one's abode somewhere

Theme: LIFESTYLE

to settle down and live somewhere. (Formal.)
• I took up my abode downtown near my office.
• We decided to take up our abode in a warmer climate.

somewhere to hang one's hat

Idiom(s): somewhere to hang (up) one's hat

Theme: HOME

a place to live; a place to call one's home.
• What I need is somewhere to hang up my hat. I just can't stand all this traveling.
• A home is a lot more than a place to hang your hat.

set up shop somewhere

Idiom(s): set up shop somewhere

Theme: ESTABLISHMENT

to establish one's place of work somewhere. (Informal.)
• Mary set up shop in a small office building on Oak Street.
• The police officer said, "You cant set up shop right here on the sidewalk!"

set foot somewhere

Idiom(s): set foot somewhere

Theme: ENTRANCE

to go or enter somewhere. (Often in the negative.)
• If I were you, I wouldn't set foot in that town.
• I wouldn't set foot in her house! Not after the way she spoke to me.

on the way somewhere

Idiom(s): on the way (somewhere) AND on someone's way (somewhere)

Theme: DIRECTION

along the route to somewhere.
• She's now on the way to San Francisco.
• Yes, she's on the way.

not set foot somewhere

Idiom(s): not set foot somewhere

Theme: AWAKEN

not to go somewhere.
• I wouldn't set foot in John's room. I'm very angry at him.
• He never set foot here.

make for somewhere

Idiom(s): make for somewhere

Theme: MOVEMENT

to run or travel to somewhere. (Slang, especially criminal slang.)
• When I got out of class, I made for the gym.
• When he got out of jail, he made for Toledo.

make a break for sth or somewhere

Idiom(s): make a break for sth or somewhere

Theme: ESCAPE

to move or run quickly to something or somewhere. (Informal.)
• Before we could stop her, she made a break for the door and got away.
• The mouse got frightened and made a break for a hole in the wall.

lay over somewhere

Idiom(s): lay over (somewhere)

Theme: TRAVEL

to pause some place during one's journey.
• I had to lay over in San Antonio for a few hours before my plane left.
• I want a bus that goes straight through. I don't want to lay over.

land up somehow or somewhere

Idiom(s): land up somehow or somewhere

Theme: COMPLETION

to finish somehow or somewhere; to come to be in a certain state or place at the end. (Usually in the wrong place or in a bad situation.)
• We set out for Denver but landed up in Salt Lake City.
• He's so extravagant that he landed up in debt.

knock about somewhere

Idiom(s): knock about (somewhere)

Theme: TRAVEL

to travel around; to act as a vagabond. (Informal.)
• I'd like to take off a year and knock about Europe.
• If you're going to knock about, you should do it when you're young.

hotfoot it out of somewhere

Idiom(s): hotfoot it out of somewhere

Theme: DEPART

to run away from a place. (Folksy.)
• Did you see Tom hotfoot it out of the office when the boss came in?
• Things are looking bad. I think we had better hotfoot it out of here.

hole up somewhere

Idiom(s): hole up (somewhere)

Theme: HIDING

to hide somewhere; to live in hiding somewhere. (Slang. Typically in western or gangster movies.)
• The old man is holed up in the mountains, waiting for the war to end.
• If we are going to hole up for the winter, well need lots of food.

hightail it out of somewhere

Idiom(s): hightail it out of somewhere

Theme: MOVEMENT

to run or ride a horse away from somewhere fast. (Folksy. Typically heard in western movies.)
• Here comes the sheriff. We'd better hightail it out of here.
• Look at that guy go. He really hightailed it out of town.

haul up somewhere

Idiom(s): haul up (somewhere) AND pull up (somewhere)

Theme: STOP

to stop somewhere; to come to rest somewhere.
• The car hauled up in front of the house.
• My hat blew away just as the bus pulled up.
• The attackers hauled up at the city gates.

hail from somewhere

Idiom(s): hail from somewhere

Theme: LOCATION - ORIGIN

[for someone] to come originally from somewhere.
• I'm from Kansas. Where do you hail from?
• I hail from the Southwest.

go somewhere by shank's mare

Idiom(s): go (somewhere) by shank's mare

Theme: WALKING

to travel by foot; to go somewhere on foot.
• The car wouldn't start so I had to go to work by shank's mare.
• We enjoy walking and go by shank's mare whenever we can.

end up somewhere

Idiom(s): end up somewhere AND wind up somewhere

Theme: LOCATION

to finish at a certain place.
• If you don't get straightened out, you'll end up in jail.
• I fell and hurt myself, and I wound up in the hospital.

bound for somewhere

Idiom(s): bound for somewhere

Theme: DEPART

on the way to somewhere; planning to go to somewhere.
• I'm bound for Mexico. In fact, I'm leaving this afternoon.
• I'm bound for the bank. Do you want to go, too?

better off somewhere

Idiom(s): better off (somewhere) AND better off (if one were somewhere else)

Theme: BETTER - LOCATION

in a better position somewhere else.
• They would be better off in Florida.
• We'd all be better off if we were in Florida.
• I know I'd be better off.

wind up somewhere

pull up somewhere

on one's way somewhere