Definition of All over

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

Exact synonyms: Complete, Concluded, Ended, Over, Terminated
Similar to: Finished

2. Adverb. Over the entire area. "Everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot"
Exact synonyms: Over

3. Adverb. To or in any or all places. "Looked all over for a suitable gift"
Exact synonyms: Everyplace, Everywhere
Language type: Colloquialism

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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