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all over the map en · ADP

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  1. (idiomatic) Widely scattered or distributed; numerous and differing greatly.
    • The reactions were swift, impassioned and all over the map. 2008 August 9, “A Financial Earthquake”, in Newsweek:
    • Prices are even more all over the map than usual here; I've seen them range from just $36 all the way up to $160... 2009, Pauline Frommer, Pauline Frommer's Las Vegas, →ISBN, page 58:
    • The Kip Hanrahan Band, which opened the concert, is after its own ambitious American-Latin fusion, with internationalist rhythms, introspective lyrics and musicians from all over the map. 1985 October 28, Jon Pareles, “Music: Ruben Blades's Salsa”, in New York Times:
  2. (idiomatic) In widely scattered directions; in a widely varying manner.
    • “I hit it all over the map,” Anderson joked. 2008 August 13, Scott Petrak, “Browns notes: PGA contender”, in The Chronicle, Ohio: Telegram, retrieved 13 Aug 2008:

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