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there, there
(also there now)Definition
› something you say to comfort someone, especially a child: There, there, don't cry.Sympathy and compassion
(Definition of there, there from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Sympathy & compassion
Synonyms and related words:
- a good listener idiom
- a shoulder to cry on idiom
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- better luck next time idiom
- bleeding heart noun
- fellow feeling noun
- go out to sb phrasal verb
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