all over

See also: allover and all-over

English

Alternative forms

• all-over

Adverb

all over (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Over an entire extent.

   He was covered all over with mud.

2. (idiomatic) Everywhere.

   I've looked all over for it.

3. (idiomatic) In every way; thoroughly.

   Dancing with everyone, singing show tunes all night: that was Luke all over.

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all over.

   Once the performance was all over, they left.

Derived terms

• all over again
• all-overish
• all-over painting

Translations

all over

• Finnish: loppu (fi)
• French: terminé (fr), achevé (fr)
• German: vorbei (de)
• Icelandic: víðsvegar að
• Polish: skończony (pl)

over an entire extent

• Finnish: kokonaan (fi)
• French: tout (fr)
• German: vollständig (de), ganz (de), ganz und gar (de)
• Polish: całkowicie (pl)

everywhere

• Esperanto: ĉie (eo)
• Finnish: kaikkialla (fi), kaikkialta (fi), kaikkialle (fi)
• French: partout (fr)
• German: überall (de), an jeder Stelle, an jedem Ort
• Italian: dappertutto (it)
• Polish: wszędzie (pl)

in every way; thoroughly

• Finnish: täysin (genitive) kaltaista (+ possessive suffix)
• French: tout craché (fr)
• German: typisch (de), ganz der/die/das
• Polish: totalnie (pl)

Preposition

all over

1. (idiomatic) Everywhere; covering completely.

   He dropped the bucket and got paint all over the floor and his clothes.

Derived terms

• all over the map
• all over the place

Translations

all over

• German: ganz ... über, vollständig ... über

everywhere; covering completely

• Arabic: جَمِيع أَنْحَاء‎ (jamīʕ ʔanḥāʔ), كُلّ‎ (kull)

  Egyptian Arabic: جميع أنحاء‎ (gamiiʿ ʾanḥaaʾ)

• Finnish: yltä päältä (fi), ympäri (fi)
• German: ganz über, über ... ganze/n
• Greek: παντού (el) (pantoú)
• Scottish Gaelic: air feadh
• Swedish: över hela
• Vietnamese: khắp (vi)

Anagrams

• overall, valerol