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Swedish
Adverb
hit och dit (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) hither and thither ("to here and to there"), implying for example chaos, a lack of direction, or indecisiveness
Folk sprang hit och dit i panik- People ran hither and thither in panic
Usage notes
Common in Swedish, where hit (“to here, hither”) and dit (“to there, thither”) are not archaic.
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