all over
Done and dusted
All over means covering an entire surface or area: There was mud all over the floor.
It can indicate scattered throughout: We searched all over town.
The phrase also marks completion or ending: The game is all over.
As an adjective, it describes something spread across a surface: an all-over pattern.
To be all over someone is to give them excessive attention, affection, or criticism.
Spread irregularly about
- spreadTo distribute widely
- throughoutIn every part
- acrossFrom side to side
- widespreadExisting across many places
here and there · far and wide · high and low · wall-to-wall · from head to toe · covering · blanketing · dotting
Existing everywhere at once
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- prevalentCommonly occurring, widespread
- rampantFlourishing beyond control
- rifeAbundantly present, often negatively
endemic · permeating · saturating · inescapable · unavoidable · engulfing · infiltrating · dominant
No longer in progress
through · settled · resolved · finalized · accomplished · terminated · ceased · expired
Lacking steady uniformity
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
unfocused · haphazard · jumbled · messy · uneven · variable · fluctuating · unsettled
scattered
Spread irregularly about
- spreadTo distribute widely
- throughoutIn every part
- acrossFrom side to side
widespread · here and there · far and wide · high and low · wall-to-wall · from head to toe · covering · blanketing · dotting · strewn
omnipresent
Existing everywhere at once
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- prevalentCommonly occurring, widespread
- rampantFlourishing beyond control
rife · endemic · permeating · saturating · inescapable · unavoidable · engulfing · infiltrating · dominant · entrenched
done
No longer in progress
finished · through · settled · resolved · finalized · accomplished · terminated · ceased · expired · past
inconsistent
Lacking steady uniformity
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
scattered · unfocused · haphazard · jumbled · messy · uneven · variable · fluctuating · unsettled · scattershot
all overlocalized
Restricted to one place
in one place · concentrated · confined · centralized · contained
all overunderway
Currently in progress
ongoing · in progress · continuing · unfinished · starting up