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all over the place

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Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

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all over the place

(idiomatic) Inmultipledirections or locations, often haphazardly;everywhere.
Synonym:scattershot
They started firingall over the place.
In Genoa there are stray catsall over the place.
I've been looking for youall over the place.
- 1992,Neal Stephenson,Snow Crash, page322:
  The connections between boats are tangled and unpredictable. To get from point A to point B, you have to wanderall over the place.
- 2004, Ruth Ozeki,All Over Creation, Penguin,→ISBN,page267:
  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 swarmingall over the place. You're supposed to be getting rest.”
(idiomatic)Inconsistent; lacking a clearpattern; with a large amount ofvariation.
Synonym:at random
I asked each person in turn, and their answers wereall over the place.
- 2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:
  England wereall over the place for the majority of the opening 45 minutes as gaps broke in defence.

Synonyms

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(everywhere):all over hell's half acre;all over the show;all over the shop;all over the gaff;all over the map;all over the board;here, there and everywhere;up hill and down dale

Translations

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In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.

Esperanto:dise-mise
Finnish:kaikkialle (fi),joka paikkaan,joka puolelle;kaikkialla (fi),joka paikassa,joka puolella;pitkin poikin (fi)
French:dans tous les sens,en tous sens
German:überall (de),an jeder Ecke,wo man auch geht und steht
Italian:in ogni dove,per ogni dove,dappertutto (it)
Russian:(direction)куда́ попа́ло(kudá popálo),куда́ ни по́падя(kudá ni pópadja),(location or direction)повсю́ду (ru)(povsjúdu),(location)везде́(vezdé)
Spanish:por doquier m,por doquiera (es) f,a diestro y siniestro (es),adiestra y siniestra
Swedish:hej vilt (sv)(direction, colloquial),överallt (sv)(location)

Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.

Danish:please add this translation if you can
Finnish:mitä sattuu,sekaisin (fi),ties mitä
German:durcheinander (de),chaotisch (de),uneinheitlich (de),völlig durchmischt,verworren (de)
Polish:od Sasa do Lasa (pl)
Russian:где попа́ло (ru)(gde popálo),как попа́ло(kak popálo)
Spanish:por doquier m,por doquiera (es) f, ,desperdigado (es),perdido (es),desconcentrado (es),desenfocado (es),perdis
Swedish:spreta (sv)(verb),spretig (sv)(adjective)

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Bislama:^{(pleaseverify)}olbaot
Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}ovunque (it),^{(pleaseverify)}dovunque (it),^{(pleaseverify)}a dritta e a manca,^{(pleaseverify)}dappertutto (it)
Portuguese:por todo lado
Portuguese:em todo lugar,em todos os lugares
Thai:^{(pleaseverify)}ทุกทิศทุกทาง ไม่มีเป้าหมาย
Turkish:^{(pleaseverify)}her tarafta,^{(pleaseverify)}her yerde
Vurës:^{(pleaseverify)}atalē
Walloon:^{(pleaseverify)}totavå (wa),^{(pleaseverify)}pattavå (wa)

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