up hill and down dale

adverb

Here and there; everywhere.

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Meanings

adverbup hill and down dale (not comparable)

alternative up hill and down dell · alternative uphill and downdale

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandUKUSidiomaticnot comparableHere 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
    1 more example

    We bought a 1969 dark green VW Beetle which I immediately named "Doodle Bug," and off we went. The car did not give us a minute's trouble throughout the trip — up hill, down dale, across uncharted wastelands between super highways.

    1980 December 6, Nancy Walker, “Toodle-Oo, Doodle”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 12

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
all over the place

Translations

Finnish halki maiden ja mantujen
  • halki maiden ja mantujenTranslations
French par monts et par vaux
  • par monts et par vauxTranslations
German landauf und landab
  • landauf und landabTranslations
Polish wte i wewte, gdzieniegdzie
  • wte i wewteTranslations
  • gdzieniegdzieTranslations
Spanish por los montes y por los valles
  • por los montes y por los vallesTranslations
Welsh dros bant a bryn
  • dros bant a brynTranslations
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APA

up hill and down dale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20hill%20and%20down%20dale

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up hill and down dale,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20hill%20and%20down%20dale.

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