far and wide

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Supreme Court opened the floodgates for lawyers to spread their names and faces far and wide.

From Los Angeles Times

With every new eruption of unrest in Iran, the same questions are asked: how far and wide do these protests reach; who's taking to the streets and squares; how will the authorities respond?

From BBC

In her dreams, she would marry a handsome scholar, so esteemed that they would travel far and wide.

From Literature

In recent months, fake council posts have been spread far and wide - with one content creator even refusing to remove them as "it was making them money", according to one local authority.

From BBC

For much of the afternoon they resorted to trying to bore Head out with a field spread far and wide - a tactic that must have hurt Ben Stokes to the core.

From BBC

Related Words

• broadly
• widely