somewhere else
adv1
In or at some other place.
2
To some other place.
3
Figuratively Distracted; in a daydream, (of the mind) unable to interact with events in the here and now
- But I get slightly crazy when I'm working on something. I zone out and get lost watching scenes play out in my head. That's why I won't have lunch with friends when I'm writing. My head is somewhere else and they naturally take it personally.1996, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Emmy, volume 18, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, page 38:
- Hearing the laughter of his sons, Alf grinned. But he was somewhere else, thinking of the woman moving through the dim house behind him.2013, John Bemrose, The Island Walkers: A Novel, page 3:
- Synonyms
- elsewhere, otherwhere, someplace else, elsewhither, somewhither else
- Related terms
- anywhere else, nowhere else, everywhere else