all over
all
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/ˈɔːl ˈəʊvə/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "all over"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ⧇

throughout an entire area or surface
all over definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The children scattered their toys all over the living room.
āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞāύāĻž āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚ āϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻŦ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āφāϟāϕ⧇ āφāϛ⧇

showing excessive affection or interest in someone
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fans were all over the band after the show.
āĻļā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāύāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āωāĻĒāϰ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ

harshly blaming or scolding someone
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She got all over me for forgetting the deadline.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϧāĻŽāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϏāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇

covering a wide area or present in many locations
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Confetti rained all over after the final goal.
āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—ā§‹āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•āύāĻĢ⧇āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇

(of body) used to describe something affecting or involving the entire body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spider crawling on her made her itch all over.
āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāϏāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇ āϚ⧁āϞāĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ, āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ

used to emphasize that something is very characteristic of someone
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She organized the whole event herself, that's her all over.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĨ¤
01

āĻļ⧇āώ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

completely finished, ended, or destroyed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The concert was all over by midnight.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ