all over

Thân thiện

The wallpaper was covered all over with small pink flowers.

Definition

1. Adverb:

   • In every part or place; everywhere: "all over" indicates that something is present, happens, or can be found in every part of a location or area.
   • Completely covering a surface: "all over" describes something spread across the entirety of an object or area.

2. Adjective (informal):

   • Finished; completely ended: "all over" describes a situation that has concluded entirely, often with a sense of finality.

Examples of Usage

• Adverb:

  • We looked all over for the missing keys. (We searched everywhere.)
  • The children had paint all over their clothes. (Paint was completely covering their clothes.)
  • News of the event spread all over the city. (News spread to every part of the city.)

• Adjective:

  • After the final whistle, the game was all over. (The game was completely finished.)
  • Their relationship is all over; they broke up last week. (Their relationship is completely ended.)

Advanced Usage

• "all over (someone)": To show excessive attention, affection, or physical contact towards someone.

  • The fans were all over the celebrity as he left the building. (The fans crowded around and touched the celebrity excessively.)

• "all over the place": An informal idiom meaning "everywhere" or, figuratively, "disorganized" or "inconsistent."

  • His toys are all over the place. (His toys are scattered everywhere.)
  • Her speech was all over the place; she kept jumping from topic to topic. (Her speech was disorganized and inconsistent.)

Variants and Related Words

• Everywhere (adv): In or to every place. (A more common synonym for the adverbial sense.)
• Finished (adj): Brought to an end; completed. (A synonym for the adjectival sense.)
• Covered (adj): Having a layer or substance on the surface. (Related to the "covering" sense.)

Synonyms

• Adverb: Everywhere, throughout, ubiquitously, in every corner.
• Adjective: Concluded, terminated, done, complete, at an end.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases

• Be all over something: To understand something completely or to be very knowledgeable about it.

  • Don't worry, she's all over the details for the project. (She understands and manages all the details completely.)

• Start all over (again): To begin something again from the beginning.

  • I made a mistake, so I have to start all over. (I have to begin the task again from the start.)

Related Idioms

• (It's) all over but the shouting: The outcome is certain, and only a formal conclusion remains.

  • With a 20-point lead and one minute left, the game is all over but the shouting. (The game is effectively finished.)

• All over someone like a rash (informal): To criticize, attack, or pay excessive attention to someone.

  • The manager was all over him like a rash for being late. (The manager criticized him severely for being late.)

Học thuật

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. to or in any or all places; (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere')
   • 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
2. over the entire area
   • the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers
   • she ached all over
   • everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot

Từ đồng nghĩa

• complete
• concluded
• ended
• over
• terminated
• everywhere
• everyplace
• over