All Over

Definition: All Over

All Over

Adjective

1. Having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview".

Adverb

1. Over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "felt tired all over".

2. To or in any or all places; "You find fast food stores everywhere"; "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem"; "he carried a gun everywhere he went"; "looked all over for a suitable gift"; (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere').

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: All Over

Adversity

Go downhill, go to rack and ruin; (destruction), go to the dogs; fall, fall from one's high estate; decay, sink, decline, go down in the world; have seen better days; bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; come to grief; be all over, be up with; bring a wasp's nest about one's ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.

Completion

Phrase: the race is run; actum est; finis coronat opus; consummatum est; c'en est fait; it is all over; the game is played out, the bubble has burst; aussitot dit aussitot fait; aut non tentaris aut perfice.

Death

Verb: die, expire, perish; meet one's death, meet one's end; pass away, be taken; yield one's breath, resign one's breath; resign one's being, resign one's life; end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career; breathe one's last; cease to live, cease to breathe; depart this life; be no more. Adjective: go off, drop off, pop off; lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life; drop into the grave, sink into the grave; close one's eyes; fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead; break one's neck; give up the ghost, yield up the ghost; be all over with one.

Destruction

Verb: be destroyed; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin; go by the board, go all to smash; be all over, be all up, be all with; totter to its fall.

End

Verb: end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come-, draw- to a -close; Noun: have run its course; run out, pass away. bring to an -end; Noun: put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve; (complete); stop; (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.

Failure

Be all over with, be all up with; explode; dash one's hopes; (disappoint); defeat the purpose; sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, jump out of the frying pan into the fire, go from the frying pan into the fire.

Fear

Tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail.

Generality

Universal; catholic, catholical; common, worldwide; ecumenical, oecumenical; transcendental; prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting; all over, covered with.

News

Adjective: many-tongued; rumored; publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported; rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town.

Space

Adverb: extensively; Adjective: wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Crosswords: All Over

What the hell's gotten into you, I got my thingy stuck in my zipper and I got piss all over my pants! (Tommy Boy; writing credit: Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner.)

I'll buy the drinks when it's all over. (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase)

Right! It's written all over him. (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt)

It's our time down here! That's all over once we go up Troy's bucket! (Goonies; writing credit: Chris Columbus)

In fact, every time an asteroid strikes their planet, they have to begin life all over. It's fascinating, isn't it? (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

And I'd go through it all over again (Thank God I Found You; performing artist: 98 Degrees)

Mama let me start all over (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

Baby got em up open all over town (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

Come mothers and fathers all over the land ("The Times They Are A-Changin'"; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

I'm doin' that Jive all over town (Limbo Rock/Hand Jive; performing artist: Brave Combo)

Magnet: Something you find crawling all over a dead cat. (references; author: unknown)

It's All Over Town (1964)

All Over the Town (1949)

It's All Over Now (1926)

All Over a Twist (1923)

Bob Downe All Over Britain (1998)

Glad All Over (performing artist: The Dave Clark Five)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• All over but the Shoutin' (reference)

• Dan All over Again/the Mountie Steals a Wife (Duets, 54) (reference)

• Niagara Falls All Over Again (reference)

• The Unexpected Teachings of Jesus: Encountering the Gospels All Over Again (reference)

• The Woman Who Spilled Words All over Herself: Writing and Living the Zona Rosa Way (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Yogi Berra: Deja Vu All Over Again (reference)

• Cheech and Chong - Things Are Tough All Over (reference)

• Things Are Tough All Over (reference)

• All Over The Guy (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! (reference)

• Arrive All Over You (reference)

• I'm Getting Cement All Over You (Ewe) (reference)

• When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up (reference)

• Shakin' All Over [Scepter/Legend] [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

There are ancient petroglyphs all over the Agua Fria National Monument. Credit: unknown.

Prickly Pear cacti grow all over the Agua Fria National Monument. Credit: Christine Tincher.

Entrance foyer, first floor, from south. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, June 1984. (Reproduction Number: HABS, ARK,26-HOSP,1-D-17) Praised by its original owner as "the most practical, complete, and luxurious bathhouse in the world," the Fordyce Bathhouse in Hot Springs stands today as a reminder of the international health-spa craze of the first half of the twentieth century. People from all over the world flocked to the Fordyce and the other bathhouses on "Bathhouse Row" in Hot Springs in the hope that the many natural springs in the area would help cure their illnesses. Visitors at the Fordyce bought their bath tickets in this foyer before proceeding to the dressing rooms and then to the baths. Today, the Fordyce Bathhouse is the Visitor Center at Hot Springs National Park. Credit: Library of Congress.

Religious liberty is guaranteed : but can we allow foreign reptiles to crawl all over us?. Credit: Library of Congress.

All over but the shouting. Credit: Library of Congress.

Will it be 1872 all over again?. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Now we're up, now we're down, we can see all over town". Credit: Library of Congress.

Our standard (gauge) adopted all over the union / Th. Nast. Credit: Library of Congress.

Building a new Army camp at top speed. New camps are being built with great rapidity all over the country to house not only Britain's rapidly expanding Army, but the thousands of U.S. and Canadian troops now arriving. The work is done by civilian contract. Credit: Library of Congress.

Corner of a bedroom on Edgar Allen farm near Milford, Iowa. There are piles of clothes and rags all over the house. An extreme case of poverty in northwestern Iowa. They are receiving aid from Resettlement Administration. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It should carry with it the continuance of the present facilities for mutual security by the joint use of all Naval and Air Force bases in the possession of either country all over the world. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright.

This mourning was noticed and talked about all over the town.

And all over the playgrounds they were playing rounders and bowling twisters and lobs.

Carried that dictionary all over hell with him.

The seamen at their landing observed my canoe, and rummaging it all over, easily conjectured that the owner could not be far off.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

We now know that it is a common chronic illness that appears all over the world. (references)

These families come from all over the country and are of many different racial backgrounds. (references)

About 500 different mutations have since been identified in CF patients all over the world. (references)

Business

These services are required all over Poland and not necessarily only in the cities. (references)

Many of these distributors have branches all over the country to sell their products. (references)

A large, horizontal show, the event attracts over a million visitors from all over Greece. (references)

Civil Liberties

Guatemala

In June the Center for the Defense of Freedom of Expression (CEDEX), a local press freedom NGO, conducted a seminar at which it encouraged journalists from all over the country to report attacks on the press in their areas. (references)

Economic History

Tanzania

NIC operates all over the country (20 regional centers). (references)

Monaco

Monaco imports and exports products and services from all over the world. (references)

Human Rights

Paraguay

Panchito Lopez housed juveniles from all over the country who were awaiting trial. (references)

Guatemala

Several hundred files containing personal information about street children with whom Casa Alianza works were strewn all over the floor. (references)

Zimbabwe

Police blindfolded him, interrogated him about the MDC, kicked and beat him all over his body, including his genitals, with sticks and bare hands. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

As of October 2001, the CNTV had completed licensing for 117 cable television operators on municipalities with less than 100,000 inhabitants, and 46 cable TV operators on municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, covering 86 municipalities all over the country. (references)

Trade

Poland

While some banks have branches all over Poland, many are regional or have few branches. (references)

India

But even if these items are identical models, circuit boards or parts, duty must be paid all over again on the replacements at a specified rate. (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

Public phones operate all over the country. (references)

Spain

Taxis are easily available at major cities all over Spain. (references)

Latvia

ATMs are available all over the city and in most of towns. (references)

Women

Finland

The Union of Shelter Homes, as well as the municipalities, maintain homes all over the country for female, male, adult, and child victims of violence; the total number of shelters is approximately 20. Officials have established some shelter homes for minors as well, mainly 15 to 18 year olds. (references)

Worker Rights

Yugoslavia

A Vojvodina political leader threatened to call strikes all over Vojvodina to prevent privatization. (references)

Armenia

Young women and girls from socially vulnerable groups all over Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are the main targets of traffickers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "all over": aching all over ♦ all over again ♦ all over the ♦ all over the country ♦ all over the house ♦ all over the place ♦ all over the town ♦ all over the world ♦ be all over smb. ♦ be all over with one ♦ be shaking all over ♦ be sore all over ♦ be trembling all over ♦ dribble all over ♦ from all over ♦ get smth. all over ♦ hang all over ♦ have pains all over ♦ he is his father all over ♦ it is all over ♦ it is all over with him ♦ its all over ♦ it's all over ♦ known all over the world ♦ scrawl all over ♦ shake all over ♦ slobber all over ♦ slobber all over oneself ♦ smear all over ♦ sown all over ♦ splash all over ♦ that is you all over ♦ travel all over ♦ tremble all over. Additional references.

Afrikaans

weer (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once, once more, weather). (various references)

Albanian

kudo (abroad, anywhere, at every turn, everywhere, high and low, throughout). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إنتهى الأمر (it's all over). (various references)

Bulgarian 

повсеместно (all along the line, all over the country, everywhere), повсеместен (across the board, general, nationwide, ubiquitous). (various references)

Chinese 

遍布 (be found everywhere), 遍 (a time, everywhere, one time, turn), 渾身 (from head to foot). (various references)

Czech

znovu (again, anew, new, newly, once more), opìt (again, repeatedly). (various references)

Danish

igen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Dutch

alweer (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), weer (afresh, again, all over again, anew, defence, defense, once more, weather), wederom (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), van voren af aan (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), overal in het (all over the, throughout the), overal in de (all over the, throughout the), opnieuw (afresh, again, all over again, anew), nogmaals (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), in het hele (all over the, throughout the), in de hele (all over the, throughout the), bekrassen (scratch all over, scratch over). (various references)

Esperanto

surgrati (scratch all over, scratch over), en la tuta (all over the, throughout the), denove (again, all over again, anew), ĉie en la (all over the, throughout the). (various references)

Faeroese

av nýggjum (afresh, again, all over again, anew), aftur (aback, afresh, again, all over again, anew, back, backward, backwards, once more, re-). (various references)

Finnish

ylt'ympäri (everywhere), ylt'yleensä, yltä päältä (altogether, wholly), yli koko, kauttaaltaan (altogether, thoroughly). (various references)

French

trembler de tout son corps (be shaking all over), trembler de tous ses membres (be shaking all over, be trembling all over), fini (it's all over), encore (all over again), de nouveau (all over again), dans le monde entier (all over the world), cette nouvelle prise de conscience, ce sentiment d'interdépendance, a donné naissance � l'Europe des Neuf, qui a foi en un avenir d'égalité et d'association dans l'ensemble du monde (gave birth to the Europe of the Nine. It believes in a future of equality and partnership all over the world), c'est fini (it's all over), c'est bien fini (it's all over). (various references)

Frisian

alwer (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

German

überall (all about, all over the world, any place, anywhere, everywhere, widely), über und über. (various references)

Greek 

παντού (about, every nook and cranny, everywhere, in all quarters, throughout). (various references)

Hawaiian

sërish (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), prapë (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), përsëri (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"כל � �'מר (its all over), ברחבי �"ארץ (all over the country). (various references)

Hungarian

széltében-hosszában (abroad, far and wide), mindenütt (all about, all along, eachwhere, everywhere, far and wide, from every side, near and far, on all hands, throughout), egész területén. (various references)

Indonesian

menyeluruh (comprehensive, spread all over, thorough), menggigiti (bite all over, keep biting), mementahkan (do all over again, go back to the drawing board), bertambal-tambal (be patched all over), bergelimpangan (be sprawled face up all over). (various references)

Italian

per (about, along, around, as, at, by, during, for, from, however, in, in order that, in order to, of, on, out, out of, over, per, so as, through, to, toward, towards, via). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

隈無く (everywhere, in every nook and cranny), 隈なく (everywhere, in every nook and cranny), 至る処 (everywhere), お手上�' (bring to knees, given in, given up hope), 満遍無く (all around, equally, thoroughly, uniformly, without exception), 満遍なく (all around, equally, thoroughly, uniformly, without exception), 手上�' (bring to knees, given in, given up hope), へぼ医者 (being sticky, bloody fool!, blunder, bungle, chattering, clinging, closely, empty, frivolous, gaffe, gooey, hard, hungry, messy, must, non-stop talking, prattling, quack doctor, shall, should, speaking indiscreetly, squished flat, sticky, thickly, to commit a blunder), 万遍無く (all around, equally, thoroughly, uniformly, without exception). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おてあ�' (bring to knees, given in, given up hope, giving up), くまなく (everywhere, in every nook and cranny), べたべた (clinging, sticky), ま�"べ�"なく (all around, equally, thoroughly, to be equally, to be thoroughly, uniformly, without exception), いたると�"ろ (everywhere), てあ�' (bring to knees, given in, given up hope). (various references)

Lombard

ancamò (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Malay

pula (afresh, again, all over again, anew), lagi (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Norwegian

pånytt (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), igjen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, left, once more). (various references)

Papiamen

atrobe (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), trobe (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Pig Latin

allay overay

Polish

znowu (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), ponownie (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), od nowa (afresh, again, all over again, anew). (various references)

Portuguese

por tudo (throughout), por toda parte (around, everywhere, over), inteiramente (all, altogether, clean, entirely, full, fully, off, outright, quite, through, through and through, throughout, up), em toda parte (everywhere, far and wide, throughout), completamente encerrado. (various references)

Romanian

amin (amen), adio (adieu, farewell, good bye, valediction), terminat (accomplished, complete, done, finished, kaput), sfârşit (cessation, close, conclusion, death, decline, dissolution, end, end-all, ended, ending, exhausted, finality, fine, finis, finish, issue, quietus, stop, term, termination, upshot), peste tot (anywhere, around, overall, passim, throughout, wide), pe tot cuprinsul. (various references)

Russian 

повсюду (abroad, at every turn, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, high and low, passim). (various references)

Scottish

a rithist (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svugde (overall), svuda (everywhere, high and low, turn: at every turn, universally), sasvim (all: at all, clean, completely, dead, entirely, fairly, lock up stock and barrel, plunk, quite, sheer, span-new, stark, stinking, throughout, totally, utterly, well, well nigh, whole, wholly, wide), potpuno (absolutely, broadly, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, full scale, fully, outright, purely, roundly, sheer, solely, span-new, stark, thoroughly, throughly, totally, unreservedly, utterly, whole). (various references)

Spanish

acabado (complete, completed, discontinued, done, finish, finished, finishing, finishing off, landed, lost, off, over, played out, thorough, through, up), repetido por toda la tela, por todo (throughout), por todas partes (about, all about, all over the place, everywhere, far and wide, throughout), muy (awfully, greatly, hellish, highly, jolly, mighty, nice, precious, proper, quite, rattling, sorely, too, very, very much), cien por cien (a hundred per cent, out and out, stalwart). (various references)

Sranan

agen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), adyen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), baka (afresh, again, all over again, anew, back, bake, once more). (various references)

Swahili

tena (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Swedish

världsbekant (known all over the world), behänga (hang all over, string), ånyo (afresh, again, all over again, anew). (various references)

Tagalog

ulî (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), mulî (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Thai

�"ุ�"่า (chide, jump all over, jump on, keep after, nag, rag, rebuke). (various references)

Turkish

yeniden (afresh, again, anew, encore, re-), tekrar (afresh, again, all over again, anew, encore, once more, over, over again, re-, recap, recapitulation, recurrence, reiteration, repeat, repetition, review), tıpkı (all of a piece, identical, just as, just like, same, selfsame, the same, to a hair), her yerde (at every turn, everywhere, far and near), her yönden (all around, all round, from all quarters, in all respects, on all hands), her tarafta (everywhere, far and wide), bitmiş (all up, at an end, exhausted, finished, out, over, run down, spent, used up), baştan (afresh, anew). (various references)

Ukrainian

навкруги (about, around). (various references)

Welsh

ar hyd a lled (the length and breadth). (various references)

Yucatec

ka'teen (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: allover, overall.

-1 letter: loreal.

-2 letters: laevo, laver, loral, lover, ravel, valor, velar, volar.

-3 letters: aero, aloe, arvo, aver, earl, lave, leal, lear, leva, levo, lore, love, olea, olla, oral, orle, oval, over, rale, rave, real, role, roll, rove, vale, veal, vela, vera, vole.

-4 letters: ale, all, are, ave, avo, ear, ell, era, lar, lav, lea, lev, oar.

+1 letter: allovers, alveolar, coverall, overalls, overcall.

+2 letters: alveolars, coveralls, overalled, overcalls.

+3 letters: alleviator, alveolarly, cloverleaf, coveralled, flavorless, labiovelar, marvellous, overcalled, resolvable, revolvable, vorticella.

+4 letters: alleviators, cloverleafs, labiovelars, marvelously, nonverbally, outrivalled, overcalling, overliteral, severalfold, slaveholder, ultraviolet, vectorially, vorticellae, vorticellas.

+5 letters: behaviorally, cloverleaves, irresolvable, overpedalled, proverbially, slaveholders, ultraviolent, ultraviolets, unresolvable.