the world over
Across all nations
Throughout the entire world; everywhere on earth.
The phrase emphasizes global scope or universality: The same problems exist the world over.
It typically follows what it modifies: People the world over celebrated the news.
Synonymous with "all over the world" but slightly more emphatic.
- everywhereIn all places
- throughoutIn every part
- universallyIn all cases
- far and wideOver great distances
- globalRelating to entire world
from coast to coast · four corners · ubiquity · commonality · common ground · international · diverse · melting pot · travel · jet set · omnipresence · prevalence · cosmopolitan · reach · breadth · scope · ocean · continents
geographic scope
the world overlocally
In the nearby area
in one place · nowhere · nowhere else · regionally · here and there