Where
//wɛəɹ//
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The word "where" can be used as adverb, conjunction, pronoun and noun.
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anywhere before one knows where one is black where it counts boldly go where no man has gone before credit where credit's due don't get your honey where you make your money don't get your meat where you get your bread don't shit where you eat drive a nail where it will go elsewhere every where every which where everywhere fools rush in where angels fear to tread give credit where credit is due go back to where you came from go hunting where the ducks are gold is where you find it home is where the heart is home is where you hang your hat hunt where the ducks are hunt where the ducks were know where one stands know where the bodies are buried let the chips fall where they may let the dice fall where they may let the door hit you where the good Lord split you meet someone where they are not know where to turn put one's money where one's mouth is start from where you are tell someone where to get off tell someone where to shove it there's more where that came from this is where I came in this is where we came in we are where we are where I come from where are the snows of yesteryear where are the toilets where are we where are we going where are you where are you from where are your parents where away where can I find a hotel where do I sign up where do you live where do you live at where do you work where does it hurt where does this bus go where does this train go where got where have you been where is the lie where is the toilet where it counts where it's at where one is sitting where one lives where one sits where someone is coming from where someone lives where the heck where the puck is going where the puck is heading where the shoe pinches where the sun doesn't shine where the sun don't shine where there is a will where there is a will there is a way where there's a will there's a way where there's muck there's brass where there's no sense there's no feeling where you at where you stand depends on where you sit whereabouts whereafter whereagainst wherealong whereas whereat whereby wherefore wherefrom wherein whereinto whereness wherenot whereof whereon whereover wheresoever wherethan wherethrough whereto wheretoward whereunder whereuntil whereunto whereupon wherever wherewith wherewithal wherewithin write-what-where you don't get your nookie where you get your cookies you don't know where it's been
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