over there

over there
   engaged in warfare on foreign soil
   For the British, France in the First World War:
    [Peter] was seventeen and a half; next year would see him fighting. He had learned much of what it was like over there from his brother. (S. Hastings, 1994, quoting from E. Waugh)
   For the American military over there meant service in Europe in both World Wars.

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