who goes there

phrase

A sentry's challenge to an intruder.

“Halt! Who goes there?”

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Meanings

phrasewho goes there?
  1. A sentry's challenge to an intruder.

    Halt! Who goes there?

    1 more example

    Egbert went quickly up to the causeway into the castle, where they heard the sentry sing out as usual, ‘Halt, who goes there?’

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 89
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see who, goes, there.

    Everyone who goes there has fun.

Translations

Danish hvem der?
  • hvem der?Translations
Finnish kuka siellä?
  • kuka siellä?Translations
French qui va là, qui vive
  • qui va làTranslations
  • qui viveTranslations
German wer ist da?
  • wer ist da?Translations
Icelandic hver er þar?
  • hver er þar?Translations
Norwegian Bokmål hvem der?
  • hvem der?Translations
Polish kto idzie?
  • kto idzie?Translations
Spanish ¿quién vive?
  • ¿quién vive?Translations
Swedish vem där?
  • vem där?Translations
Cite this entry
APA

who goes there. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/who%20goes%20there

MLA

“who goes there.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/who%20goes%20there. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “who goes there,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/who%20goes%20there.

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