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all over oneself

all over oneself phrase: feeling self-satisfied.

Phrase

all over oneself

  1. Feeling self-satisfied.
    • Then the Frogs surrounded this Rabbit, an' they re-captured the skull, an' the Rabbits charged with ambition, an' the Frogs passed to the left, an' there was old Leapin' Frog himself, grinnin' all over himself with his club reached out a-puntin' the skull along like sixty-seven.1939, Boys' Life - Jan 1939, page 25
    • Anyway, the network tells me Ishaka is all over himself over his new baby, kissing and cuddling her and calling her every endearing name I didn't even know existed.2003, Mary Karooro Okurut, The Official Wife, →ISBN, page 81

Questions about all over oneself

What does all over oneself mean?
All over oneself means feeling self-satisfied.
What part of speech is all over oneself?
All over oneself is a phrase.

Words near all over oneself in the dictionary

  1. all over bar the shouting
  2. all over but the crying
  3. all over but the shouting
  4. all over hell's half acre
  5. all over one like a cheap suit
  6. all over oneself
  7. all over someone like a rash
  8. all over the ballpark
  9. all over the board
  10. all over the gaff
  11. all over the lot

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