There you go

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Hallo, in which contexts can i use the expression: 'there you go'? thanx

Pieanne · Accepted Answer

Hello!
I'd say it means "now you're all set up, go and try it/you do it by yourself/you can go and do it/it's your turn"
Eg:
- a toddler wants to jump into the swimming pool: you equip him/her with floaters, then send him/her to the water "there you go!"
- it's your turn to walk onto the stage in some play; a friend gives you a slight push on the shoulder and says "there you go!"
- it's your first day in a new job; your boss explains all you have to know, checks that you have all the papers, names, whatever, then leaves you to do the job yourself "there you go!"
There may be other uses, wait and see...

CalifJim · Answer

Also, when complying with someone's wishes to bring something.

The waitress in a restaurant brings the food and says, "There you go", meaning "Here is your order", "Here's what you wanted".

If someone asks me for a stapler or pad of paper or something like that around the office, I can hand it to them and say, "There you go", meaning "Here's what you wanted".

When someone has just learned a new skill and tries it for the first time, supposing they are successful, you can say, "There you go", meaning "Now you've understood", "Now you know how to do it". (This use is very similar to the one Anne mentioned.)

Suppose someone has a bad habit of, let's say, for example, criticizing others. When they revert to this bad behavior, you can say, "There you go" or "There you go again", meaning, "You are doing (or saying) that irritating thing again".

If you are trying to explain something complicated, and your conversation partner catches on so well that they can even help you by interrupting with the obvious conclusion from what you have said up to that point, you'll probably say, "There you go", meaning, "Yes. You've caught on. That's exactly what I mean."

CJ

Paco2004 · Answer

There you go

It seems nowadays people are speaking 'There you go' in senses similar to 'There you are'/'Here you are'. However, according to OED, 'There you go' was originally used when a speaker wants to call the hearer's attention to their repeated behavior (talk, action, etc) to express the speaker's disapproval of it. All of the five uses quoted in OED are as follows;
1) There you go shooting your mouth to me! Didn't I caution not to tell any one?[1890]
2) Great Caesar! (=Oh my ***!), there you go again! [1892]
3) There you go, old wisebones! Here's a storm in a tea cup [1894]
4) The historic necessity? There you go with your Marx and your Hegel![1907]
5) There you go again using great long hairy words. [1946]

paco

MrPedantic · Answer

Is it also sometimes used in AmE simply to mean: 'I agree with what you've just said'?

Especially after a faintly humorous remark, it seems to me. A half-humorous, indulgent agreeing.

Also to mean 'c'est la vie'.

(As it happens, I can't think of a faintly humorous remark to use as an illustration. Ah well. There you go.)

MrP

CalifJim · Answer

Is it also sometimes used in AmE simply to mean: 'I agree with what you've just said'?

Yeah! There you go!

P.S. Is that rather like the BrE "Spot on!"?

Nona the brit · Answer

Shop assistants etc very often say it when they hand you your change.

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