far and wide

Idioms and Phrases

For a great distance, over a large area. For example, They searched far and wide for the lost child , or The message went out far and wide . [c. a.d. 900]

Example Sentences

On our way back to camp after these first observations I planned a far-and-wide excursion for the morrow.

From Project Gutenberg

There nearly all the dykes and sluices were dashed to fragments; the country, far and-wide, converted into an angry sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• broadly
• widely