- to or towards that placeWord OriginOld English thider, alteration (by association with hither) of thæder, of Germanic origin; related to that and the.
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See thither in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhither and thither | hither and yon
- (especially literary) in many different directions
- People began rushing hither and thither.
- The rats darted hither and yon, as if looking for an exit.
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