all over the place en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.
They started firing all over the place.
In Genoa there are stray cats all over the place.
I couldn't believe it. “This is insane! You don't know what you're getting into, Dad. We can't have lots of people swarming all over the place. You're supposed to be getting rest.”
2004, Ruth Ozeki, All Over Creation, Penguin, →ISBN, page 267:The connections between boats are tangled and unpredictable. To get from point A to point B, you have to wander all over the place.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 322:I've been looking for you all over the place.
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(idiomatic) Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.
England were all over the place for the majority of the opening 45 minutes as gaps broke in defence.
2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport:I asked each person in turn, and their answers were all over the place.
Synonyms
here, there and everywhere (everywhere) · all over the gaff (everywhere) · scattershot · all over the map (everywhere) · all over hell's half acre (everywhere) · at random · all over the board (everywhere) · all over the shop (everywhere) · all over the show (everywhere) · up hill and down dale (everywhere)
Translations (41)
de wo man auch geht und steht (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · fi joka paikkaan (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · de durcheinander (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · fi pitkin poikin (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · fr dans tous les sens (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · fi joka puolelle (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · de an jeder Ecke (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · sv spreta (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · fi mitä sattuu (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · de verworren (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · ru как попа́ло (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · fi kaikkialla (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · sv överallt (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · ru везде́ (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · sv spretig (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · sv hej vilt (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · fi joka puolella (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · ru куда́ ни по́падя (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · pl od Sasa do Lasa (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · es desperdigado (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · fi kaikkialle (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · fi sekaisin (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · fi ties mitä (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · es por doquiera (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · es por doquiera (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · eo dise-mise (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · it dappertutto (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · it in ogni dove (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · es perdis (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · fr en tous sens (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · ru где попа́ло (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · ru повсю́ду (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · de völlig durchmischt (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · it per ogni dove (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · de chaotisch (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · de überall (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · es por doquier (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · fi joka paikassa (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · de uneinheitlich (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation) · ru куда́ попа́ло (In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere) · es por doquier (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation)