all over the place
English
Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.
- Synonym: scattershot
- They started firing all over the place.
- In Genoa there are stray cats all over the place.
- I've been looking for you all over the place.
- (idiomatic) Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.
- Synonym: at random
- I asked each person in turn, and their answers were all over the place.
Synonyms
- (everywhere): all over hell's half acre, all over the shop, all over the gaff, all over the map, all over the board, up hill and down dale
Translations
In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.
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Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.
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- Bislama: (please verify) olbaot
- Italian: (please verify) ovunque (it), (please verify) dovunque (it), (please verify) a dritta e a manca, (please verify) dappertutto (it)
- Portuguese: por todo lado
- Portuguese: em todo lugar, em todos os lugares
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- Spanish: desperdigado (es), (sin) patrón (es)
- Thai: (please verify) ทุกทิศทุกทาง ไม่มีเป้าหมาย
- Turkish: (please verify) her tarafta, (please verify) her yerde
- Vurës: (please verify) atalē
- Walloon: (please verify) totavå (wa), (please verify) pattavå (wa)