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all over

all over adjective: implying a lengthy, exhausting or unpleasant experience.

Adjective

all over (not comparable)

  1. Implying a lengthy, exhausting or unpleasant experience.
    • I just spent two hours in the dentist's chair. Thank God it's all over.
  2. Implying loss or sadness.
    • Just as soon as Christmas arrives, it seems it's all over.
  3. Covered everywhere with; covered throughout with.
    • Tho' Jack was not hurt,
      He was all over dirt,
      I wish you had but seen him,
      And how Jill did jump,
      With him to the pump,
      And pump'd on him to clean him.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 13
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: all over.
    • It's the final fence ... and ... the horses are all over!

Adverb

all over (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Over an entire extent.
    • He was covered all over with mud.
  2. (idiomatic) Everywhere.
    • I've looked all over for it.
    • I'm itching all over.
  3. (idiomatic) In every way; thoroughly.
    • Dancing with everyone, singing show tunes all night: that was Luke all over.
    • That's José all over: late again!
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: all over.

Preposition

all over

  1. (idiomatic) Everywhere; covering completely.
    • He dropped the bucket and got paint all over the floor and his clothes.

all over meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Kannada

all over in Tamil

எங்கும், முழுவதும், எல்லாம் முடிந்துவிட்டது

all over in Marathi

all over
सर्वत्र sarvatra

all over in Urdu

ہر جگہ, ہر مقام پر, ہر طرف, ختم ہونا, اختتام پذیر ہونا

all over in Kannada

all over
ಸರ್ವತ್ರ sarvatra
More languagesFewer languages
all over in Arabic
جَمِيع أَنْحَاء jamīʕ ʔanḥāʔ, كُلّ kull
all over in Vietnamese
khắp

Forms of all over

alternative formall-over

Words formed from all over

Questions about all over

What does all over mean?
All over means implying a lengthy, exhausting or unpleasant experience.
What is all over in Tamil?
All over in Tamil is எங்கும், முழுவதும், எல்லாம் முடிந்துவிட்டது. See All over meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is all over?
All over can be an adjective, an adverb or a preposition.

Words near all over in the dictionary

  1. all one's life is worth
  2. all one's life's worth
  3. all one's taste is in one's mouth
  4. all other things being equal
  5. all out
  6. all over
  7. all over again
  8. all over bar the shouting
  9. all over but the crying
  10. all over but the shouting
  11. all over hell's half acre

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: all over (page history and authors); all over (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सर्वत्र (Marathi) (page history and authors); all over (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಸರ್ವತ್ರ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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