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all over

adj, adv, prep and 1 more — 10 senses

all over

adjalso spelled all-over

› Completely finished.

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

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: all over.

  • It's the final fence ... and ... the horses are all over!

all over

adv
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.

Derived terms
all over again, all-overish, all-over painting, barefoot all over

all over

prep
1

Idiomatic Everywhere; covering completely.

  • He dropped the bucket and got paint all over the floor and his clothes.
Derived terms
all over the map, all over the place, all over the world

all-over

noun

Etymology From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.

1

A suntan that covers the entire body, as achieved by sunbathing in the nude.

all-over

adj

Etymology From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.

1

Over the whole area or extent.

  • Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed much in appearance from that of today, as it had an arched all-over roof, which collapsed some nine years later and was replaced by the present one.1939 June, T. R. Perkins, “My Red-Letter Day - II”, in Railway Magazine, page 399:
Related terms
all over

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for all over and all-over.