all over the place
English
Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
- (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.
- (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.
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- 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)