All over the map
all over the map
adverb phrase
Very unfocused and inconsistent; confused: His answers are all over the map/ But otherwise, you were all over the ballpark
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- All over someone
all over someone adjective phrase Very affectionate; eagerly amorous: The wife went to get some popcorn and the husband was all over me ggressively smothering or battering; assaulting: They broke through the line and were all over the quarterback
- All over the place
Also, all over town or the world . See under all over , def. 1.
- All-overs
a general feeling of unease and nervousness throughout the body (usually preceded by the). Historical Examples I never know’d what the all-overs wuz tell thes about a hour before me an’ Teague wuz married. Mingo Joel Chandler Harris But it never give me the all-overs like it does now, some way. Sonny, A Christmas Guest […]
- All over with
above in place or position: the roof over one’s head. above and to the other side of: to leap over a wall. above in authority, rank, power, etc., so as to govern, control, or have jurisdiction regarding: There is no one over her in the department now. so as to rest on or cover; on […]
- Allowed
Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules: allowed transition. to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed. to let have; give as one’s share; grant as one’s right: to allow a person $100 for expenses. to permit by neglect, oversight, or […]