down there

• enPR: doun′ thâr′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛə̯/, /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛː/, (older) /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðeə̯/
• (General American) IPA^(key): (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðeɹ/, (Mary–marry–merry merger) /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛɹ/, (Maine) [ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðeɪ̯ə̯]

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdaʊ̯n ˈðɛɹ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌdæɔ̯n ˈðeː/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): (without the cheer–chair merger) /ˌdæʊ̯n ˈðeə̯/, (cheer–chair merger) /ˌdæʊn ˈðiə̯/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌdʌʊ̯n ˈðeɹ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌd̪awn ˈd̪ɛːʳ/
• Hyphenation: down there

down there (not comparable)

2. (euphemistic) In the genital area; often used of and/or by females.
   • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎^[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     And when I'd come and really finished, then she'd start on her own account, and I had to stop inside her till she brought herself off, wriggling and shouting, she'd clutch clutch^[sic] with herself down there, an' then she'd come off, fair in ecstasy.

   • 2005, Annie Fox, Elizabeth Verdick, The Teen Survival Guide to Dating & Relating, page 44:

     Then she put her hand on my pants, you know, down there.

   • 2013, Erin MacPherson, The Christian Mama's Guide to Baby's First Year, page 15:

     It may seem a bit strange to squirt yourself with warm water from a squirt bottle every time you use the restroom for a few weeks, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree that getting an infection down there doesn't sound fun.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down,‎ there.

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