there, there

intj

there, there

intj
1

Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying.

  • "There, there," he said, as simply as though she had been a child of nine, "I'm here with you, little woman. This place certainly is enough to give anyone dreams about reptiles […]"1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
Related terms
now, now

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.