all over the place

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

all over the place

1. (idiomatic) In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.

   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.

2. (idiomatic) Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.

   I asked each person in turn, and their answers were all over the place.

Synonyms

• (haphazardly in multiple directions or locations): scattershot
• (lacking a clear pattern): at random

Translations

In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.

• French: dans tous les sens, en tous sens
• Russian: (direction) куда́ попа́ло (kudá popálo), куда́ ни по́падя (kudá ni pópadja), (location or direction) повсю́ду (ru) (povsjúdu), (location) везде́ (vezdé)
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• Swedish: hej vilt (direction, colloquial), överallt (sv) (location)

• Bislama: ^{(please verify)} olbaot
• Finnish: kaikkialle (fi), joka paikkaan, joka puolelle
• Finnish: kaikkialla (fi), joka paikassa, joka puolella
• Finnish: joka paikasta, joka puolelta
• Finnish: sitä sun tätä, mitä sattuu, milloin mitäkin, kaikkea mahdollista maan ja taivaan väliltä
• German: ^{(please verify)} querbeet (de), ^{(please verify)} überall (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ovunque (it), ^{(please verify)} dovunque (it), ^{(please verify)} a dritta e a manca, ^{(please verify)} dappertutto (it)
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• Portuguese: por todo lado
• Portuguese: em todo lugar, em todos os lugares
• Spanish: desperdigado (es), (sin) patrón (es)
• (deprecated template usage) Thai: ทุกทิศทุกทาง ไม่มีเป้าหมาย
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} her tarafta, ^{(please verify)} her yerde
• Vurës: ^{(please verify)} atalē
• Walloon: ^{(please verify)} totavå (wa), ^{(please verify)} pattavå (wa)

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