Your friend asked you to pass her a book. You hand it to her and say:
There you go.
There you go.
You say "There you go" when you're giving or handing a person something. More generally, you use it when you're doing something for another person. For example, say "There you go" when:
- you stand up to let someone sit down
- you've finished tying someone's necktie for them
- you clear a space on the kitchen counter for someone to set a hot dish on
You can also say "here you go" in the same way. While there are no absolute rules for when to use one or the other, I would use "here you go" if I brought something to them from far away, and "there you go" if I'm sitting in place and handing them the object.
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