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Definition of All over

1. Adverb. Over the entire area. "Everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot"

2. Adjective. Having come or been brought to a conclusion. "The abruptly terminated interview"

3. Adverb. To or in any or all places. "Looked all over for a suitable gift"

Definition of All over

1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Over an entire extent. ¹

2. Adverb. (idiomatic) Everywhere. ¹

3. Adverb. (idiomatic) In every way; thoroughly. ¹

4. Preposition. (idiomatic) Everywhere; covering completely. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of All Over

all kinds of all mouth and no trousers all mouth and trousers all my eye all my eye and Betty Martin all nations all night all of a sudden all of the sudden all on a sudden

all one all one's eggs in one basket all or none all or none law all out all over (current term) all over again all over but the shouting all over hell's half acre all over the board

all over the map all over the place all over the shop all over with all pervading all right all right, my lover all rights reserved all roads lead to Rome all rounder

Literary usage of All over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"They'd been scattered all over, wanderin' around in th' woods, fightin" with other reg'ments, an' everything. Jest like you done." "So?" said the youth. ..."

2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... and the latter at fun-fet ; and the only mode which they ufe to clean them, is by warning them all over in a river two or three times a week, ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1836)
"... so that each house almost hath a free prospect to the sea, as some part of London to the Thames : or to have a free prospect all over the city at once, ..."

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