far and wide

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]

Example Sentences

“The fame of the museum is spreading far and wide, and people are coming from all over the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times

He set out to trash the right-wing network as far and wide as possible.

From Salon

Call forth the mourners from far and wide.

From Los Angeles Times

“I travel a lot for work, so I don’t always like to go far and wide on my weekends,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

“Right now, just in the last 14 hours, labor unions are joining together from far and wide, communities are reaching out in ways I’ve never seen,” Orr told me.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• broadly 
• widely