all overadv.prep.

Brit.

/ˌɔːl ˈəʊvə/, U.S.

/ˌɔl ˈoʊvər/,

/ˌɑl ˈoʊvər/

Forms: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. and over adv. and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., over adv.

Etymology: < all adv. + over adv. With the temporal use in sense A. 4, compare over adv. V.In early use often written as one word, although word division in editions of medieval texts often reflects decisions by modern editors.

A. adv.

1. In every respect; throughout; fully, totally. Now colloquial.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [adverb] > in every respect

allOE

altogetherlOE

altogethersa1225

all over?c1225

alwisea1425

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 217 He wule gan to forð onþe ear þu lest wene. & bringe þe of ful þocht into delit of ful lust. & swa he bringeð al ouer to skiles ȝettunge. þet is deadlich sunne.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 (MED) Huo þet hedde þe zyȝþe ase heþ þe lynx..þet yzyȝþ þorȝ þane wal alouer.

1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer v. 382 The Lorde shall inable vs truely to see what a masse of corruption wee are, how vile, how miserable, how polluted..within and without and all ouer.

1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger Concl. iv. 120 No Men did Rule or Feed the People..by Proxies,..Surrogates, or Implicite Faith; 'tis Non-sence all over, as well as Irreligious.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 130 He is all-over mistaken.

1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 101 It was confounding the Ideas of Creator and Creature, and was all over Contradictory, and Repugnant.

1763 J. Wesley Let. 3 Sept. (1931) IV. 222 From the first hour abate nothing of our Rules, whether of Society or bands. Be a Methodist all over.

1846 in J. Lindridge Tales of Shipwrecks 772/1 (caption) I am a Tory all over, and no more fit to fight the battles of my country than Lyndhurst [etc.].

1852 E. Twisleton Let. 1 July (1928) i. 10 Both were thoroughly well-bred and polite—lady and gentleman all over.

1886 National & Eng. Rev. July 599 There's a bit of wisdom..that is Catholic all over.

1922 Daily Mail 17 Nov. 11 She..looked all over the winner.., but when the pinch came she cracked up with dramatic suddenness.

1954 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood 61 I dote on that Gossamer Beynon. She's a lady all over.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 1/2 Your parents' divorce can screw you all over. It did me. I was shocked.

2008 D. Ellis Who we Are 72 Feeling all over good about things, [I] went back to the fields.

a. Over the whole extent of something; in every part; everywhere. Also: over one's whole body; in every limb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > everywhere

aywherec1000

ywhereOE

overallOE

everywherec1225

ever aywherec1330

algatesa1393

over-allwhere1395

eachwherea1400

ouerwhere?a1400

universally?a1430

all overc1440

allwherec1450

atoura1475

all wheresc1515

universal1524

everywheres1834

algate1843

everyplace1854

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > everywhere > in every part or all through

throughouta1225

overallc1225

all overc1440

throughoutly1478

the world > life > the body > [adverb]

lichamlyc900

fleshlyc1230

bodilyc1370

(to raise or rise) in flesh and fellc1375

after the fleshc1384

outwardc1390

in flesh and bonea1400

naturally1439

corporally1483

corporate1495

corporatelya1513

animally1535

carnally1539

in flesh and blood1598

physicallyc1600

fleshlily1614

body-wise1620

all over1633

in (the) flesh1651

corporeally1664

body-like1674

somatically1847

bodily-wise1869

the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all over

back and sidec1400

all over1633

at every pore1850

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2027 (MED) This ryche mane..Dresses vp dredfully the dragone of golde, With egles alouer.

c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 81 (MED) Faire feldes, alouer floresched wit flores.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ii. sig. H.ij/1 The properties of God..to be all ouer, and euery where.

1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iv. iii. sig. K3 I am so full of ioy; nay ioy all ouer.

1710 London Gaz. mmmmdccix/4 Stray'd..a Mare..black all over.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. iii. 65 On the Outside they..face the Work all over with Mortar thrown against it with a Trowel.

1815 H. Brougham Let. 14 July in T. Creevey Corr. (1903) I. xi. 243 Such an exertion..I already ache all over with it.

1834 J. C. Hart Miriam Coffin II. v. 70 There have we been hunting..all over for thee, and lo-and-behold, thou art here!

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 109 It was floor-clothed all over.

1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 129 A small spherical box, pierced all over with small holes.

1933 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Z xxi. 272 Then he kind of shook all over, an' died.

1956 Life 2 Apr. 11/2 (advt.) Firm support all-over.., the Airfoam mattress ‘floats’ you to sleep in a healthful posture.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xv. 453 I'm being bitten all over.

2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 86 You could look all over, under the bed, up the shelves,..in the guest bedroom.

b. colloquial. With a noun used predicatively: covered in, full of; (of a person) filled with a specified sensation, esp. pain.

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1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. viii. 122 Leopoldus..fought..till his armour was all over gore bloud.

1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 248 Their whole Life..runs all along upon wrong Principles and mistaken Reasonings, and is all over Fallacy and Paralogism.

1712 tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Wks. I. 324 When e're I look on you,..I'm all o're Rapture, while all over Pain.

1781 J. Graham Abstr. from Bk. intituled Med. Trans. at Temple of Health 18 A rheumatic..complaint, which swelled his legs, hams, wrists, arms, and shoulders; he was all over pain, soreness, and weakness.

1789 M. Madan in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 441 They stuck up candles..in their windows..and by their flaring..they made the frames of the windows..all over grease.

1800 J. Austen Let. 25 Oct. (1995) 49 At Oakley Hall we did a great deal—eat some sandwiches all over mustard [etc.].

1824 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 20 Mar. 2 Fags and Catnip, I'm all over goose pimples!

1855 W. M. Thackeray Let. 28 Apr. (1946) III. 443 His house was all over pictures, drawings, casts, statues, and medals.

1876 Littell's Living Age 27 May 557/1 One big-headed boy in a monkey suit all over buttons.

1894 Temple Bar Nov. 292 I wish you were here to help me, for my head is sore, and my heart is sick, and I'm all over aches and pains.

1919 Windsor Mag. 50 206 He took away my gun and beat me with it. I am all over sores.

1975 S. Bellow Humboldt's Gift 21 This Buick was all over mud.

2010 R. Rendell Portobello (2011) xi. 100 He was all over bruises, he had something wrong with one of his elbows.

a. all over again: from the beginning, for a second or subsequent time; anew. Cf. over again at over adv. 15b.

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1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church xv. 361 The Emperour..read them [sc. the names] all ouer againe.

1646 B. Ryves Mercurius Rusticus (new ed.) 64 Two Alderman [sic] renew the same insolencies and act the injuries all over again.

1684 Bp. S. Parker Relig. & Loyalty i. 99 He is so far from giving any signs of Repentance..that he frankly declares both his readiness and obligation to do the same thing all over again upon the same opportunity.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 178 They were so confounded with Mistakes, that they were forced to write all over again.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. xii. 146 I..told him the case; but he only said humph? and hay? so then I told it all over again.

1883 W. S. Green High Alps N.Z. xvi. 268 Descending to the lower camp..and doing the hard swagging work all over again.

1892 Open Court 16 June 3282/2 If I had it to do all over again,..I should not one minute hesitate.

1957 N. Coward Diary 3 Mar. (2000) 351 I am struck, all over again, with the lovely, lucid simplicity of his prose.

1985 M. H. Heim & A. W. Bouis tr. V. Aksyonov In Search of Melancholy Baby (1989) x. 154 Babbittry is back, I tell you. It's McCarthy all over again.

2005 Guardian 26 Nov. (Work section) 2/5 Native English speakers may need to relearn their language all over again as ‘global English’ develops new dialects, vocabulary and grammar.

b. = all over again at sense A. 3a. Cf. over adv. 15d. Now chiefly North American.

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the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > anew or again

moeOE

of newOE

yetOE

againOE

newlyOE

once morelOE

anewc1305

newa1325

i-gainc1325

againwardc1380

upon new1399

freshlya1413

newlings1440

of the newc1449

afreshc1450

of (also on) fresh1490

for the newc1535

backwardly1552

over againa1568

over1598

de novo1627

all over1811

1811 L. Aikin Juvenile Corr. 53 Whether you could recollect, without saying your pence-table all over from the beginning, that fifty pence are four and twopence.

1851 R. W. Dickinson in E. Lord Epoch of Creation Introd. p. xvii He found himself under the necessity of reducing all his work again to chaos, and of doing it all over.

1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 441/2 Then we must begin our researches all over to redescribe our immediate past.

1994 C. Bukowski Pulp (2000) xxiv. 96 Belane, I worked for a good hour, padding his cheeks, making him look fulsome and healthy! Now he's all sagged in again! Now I've got to do it all over.

2009 Stamford (Connecticut) Advocate (Nexis) 31 Aug. If I would die and be born again, I would do the same thing all over.

4. Completely over; at an end; finished. Frequently in it is all over, it is all over with (a person), indicating a person's life is about to end or be ruined. Also sometimes: at a point where a particular outcome is imminent or certain, even though the event or situation is still in progress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > at an end

at an upshot1653

all over1664

the jig is over1777

the jig is up1800

all up1825

the last of pea-time1834

(all) washed up1923

the party is over1931

1664 True Acct. Arraignment Col. J. Turner 59 By six of the clock this business will be all over.

1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 162 It was all over, long before I came to Turin; but..all the Court there, were ashamed of the matter.

a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) App. iv. 306 The tyke might have been queikened ere it had been all over, ilk ply as it were rancountering another wresling and fighting in his hass.

1765 C. Brietzcke Diary 22 June in Notes & Queries (1963) Aug. 307/1 Walkd in the Park with Mr. Stanhope who seems to think it is all over with Us.

1805 Ld. Nelson in R. Southey Life Nelson (1813) II. ix. 260 I am a dead man, Hardy..I am going fast:—it will be all over with me soon.

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 134 Sir Thomas [Steward] makes his will in this same month of January..; and on the 30th it was all over.

1857 J. Ruskin Elements Drawing iii. 216 If you once begin to..try this way and that with your colour, it is all over with it and with you.

1917 U. Sinclair King Coal i. 30 A man might sink to sleep as he lay at work, and if his..helper, happened to be out of sight.., it would be all over with the man.

1963 ‘J. le Carré’ Spy who came in from Cold xi. 101 And then I asked him, ‘Is this goodbye?’—whether it was all over.

1991 Sports Illustr. 14 Oct. 31/3 Chicago got back to 10–7 on a third-quarter march, but then the turnovers came, and it was all over for the Bears.

2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. 3 When the crisis was all over he hoped he might return.

B. prep.

1. In or on all or many parts of; everywhere (or here and there) on the surface of; throughout. Cf. over prep. 7a.

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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. lxv. 1154 Having intelligence by a rennegate revolt, that the Romans were scattered all over the fields.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. 58 They..sell it all ouer the country.

1690 London Gaz. No. 2532/2 This was followed by Long Live King Joseph, which quickly eccho'd all over the City.

1705 Boston News-let. 19 Mar. 2/2 It..caus'd a smell of Sulphur all over the House.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 2 The People..began to be allarm'd all over the Town.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. Introd. 13 Rice is more or less raised all over India.

1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 78/2 The pulp wood..being thus wounded, rises up in excrescences and nodes all over the branch.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers i. 1 And all over the countryside were these same pits.

1915 J. Turner Let. 19 Apr. in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 6 I should pretty soon find myself quarrelling..did I not realize more daily that queer characteristic cussedness which is so all over him.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 417 The tatterdemalion shook his head, infallibility written all over him.

2010 S. Thirsk Not quite White (2011) 90 Yes, a young man had been seen all over North Wales that morning.

2. Into or on to all or many parts of; in every direction (or various directions) on the surface of; throughout. Cf. over prep. 7b.

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1617 W. Adams Let. 14 Jan. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory in Japan (1991) I. 569 This wass the first yeear of the Emperor's raign and as his eddict wass gon all overe Jappan it wase not a thinge pressently to be called back againe.

1643 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 2) To Rdr. sig. ¶4 Like a filthie flie she seeks all over the body for a soare.

1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 858 The Pope had sent his Nuncios all over Europe.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 124 From this reservoir the water is distributed all over the house.

1841 C. Fox Jrnl. 5 May in Mem. Old Friends (1882) vii. 123 We went all over his comfortable house.

1883 M. Oliphant Hester (1884) xi. 113 The burning blush which she felt go all over her.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 50/2 For six months I delivered goods for him, pushing a handcart all over the town.

1962 R. Hardy Act of Destruction ii. i. 60 All this heat and travelling, first Europe, then all over Africa.

2011 Private Eye 4 Mar. 10/2 If Lansley isn't U-turning, he's certainly swerving all over the road.

Phrases

P1. In adverbial use.

a. to be (a person) all over: to be typical of or sum up the qualities or characteristics of the specified person; to display close similarities to someone else. Also in extended use of a condition, situation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > be characteristic

to be (a person) all over1689

1689 Refl. Lord's Speech without Doors in 9th Coll. Papers Present Juncture Affairs Eng. 28 But many are angry, and yet pleased. This is Nokes all over: Why then, angry and pleased is one and the same thing with your Lordship.

1721 R. Palmer Let. 31 Aug. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) II. xxiv. 90 [Mr. Churchill is] Vulponi all over.

1799 C. Lamb Let. 20 Mar. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 164 The last stanza hath nothing striking in it, if I except the two concluding lines, which are Burns all over.

1832 J. H. Payne Woman's Revenge i. i, in America's Lost Plays (1940) VI. 61 Oh, how that's you all over, Wilhelmina Simper. You would not quarrel with the poor fellow, but you'd cast him off.

1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 14 Ah! gal, that's married life all over—fight and agree, fight and agree!

1913 A. Bennett Regent ii. viii. 249 He's his father all over, that lad is!

1945 H. Closs High are Mountains 56 It was old Longshanks all over to send one off on some futile errand.

2003 B. G. O'Brien Dreamin' Dreams 16 A kind heart, that's me all over—impetuous but no thought about the consequences.

b. it is all over bar the shouting: see shouting n. 1d.

P2. In prepositional use.

a. all over the place: see place n.¹ Phrases 2e.

b. all over the shop: see shop n., adj., and int. Phrases 13.

(a) to be all over oneself (a) to be very pleased or excited; (also) to be very conceited or self-satisfied, to be full of oneself; (b) to put all one's energy into doing something or for a particular end; (c) to be brimming over with (an emotion, quality, etc.).

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the mind > emotion > pride > be or become proud [verb (reflexive)]

wlenchc1200

pridea1275

enhancec1380

empride1435

brave1581

prune1598

plume1643

value1648

pique1684

bepride1690

hump1835

tumefy1837

preen1880

to be all over oneself1910

1910 R. Brooke Let. 22 Aug. (1998) 129 Jacques was all over himself at your note. Was it true?

1919 E. P. Oppenheim Wicked Marquis xiii. 108 Aunt was all over herself, apologising to him for having other people there.

1922 A. A. Milne Sunny Side vi. 32 Simpson was all over himself with bon-hommy.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 5 All over oneself, extremely pleased. Over confident; e.g. ‘He's all over himself because he's got leave.’ ‘He used to be all right, but now he's promoted he's all over himself.’

1941 M. Kennedy Diary 6 Dec. in C. Andrew For President's Eyes Only (1996) 121 The All Highest..Churchill..is all over himself at the moment for latest information..re Japan's intentions and rings up at all hours.

1991 E. M. Nitzberg Hippocrates' Handmaidens xxiv. 210 She was all over herself with accommodation and helpfulness. ‘Certainly, Dr. Nitzberg. Is there anything else you need?’

2004 C. Wilhelm Wised Up iii. 43 Billy was all over himself. He acted like he was proud that he made his ‘bones’.

(b) colloquial. to be all over (a person): to pay (a person) intense and persistent attention, typically indicating close or intimate physical contact.to be all over (a person) like a rash: see rash n.⁴ Phrases 2.

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the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb (transitive)] > treat or behave affectionately

to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395

to make of (also on)1601

much1640

endear1683

to be sweet on (upon)1694

to be all over (a person)1912

1912 E. Pugh Harry the Cockney x. 102 The worst of women is..they never leave you alone... They're all over you.

1923 S. Kaye-Smith End of House of Alard i. 23 I wouldn't come yesterday. I thought your family would be all over you.

1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. v. 43 ‘Were they friendly?’ ‘The lady was... All over him, as you might say.’

2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 19/2 [They] were all over each other like teenagers. They only came up for air when it was time to leave.

(c) North American colloquial. to be all over (a thing): to pursue the specified opportunity, course of action, etc., enthusiastically or aggressively; to have the specified thing under control. Chiefly in to be all over it.

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1924 Boys' Life June 47/2 The giving of the coveted award had been hooked up with a well-planned rally. The Rotary Club was in it, the Woman's Club was in it..and Pee-wee Harris was in it. He was not only in it, he was all over it.

1987 Houston Chron. 22 June i. 10/1 If the vice president was being unfairly subjected to what..others in this county have been subjected to in Pinewood Village, they'd be all over it.

2001 Chron. Higher Educ. 3 Aug. b5 Q: Mr. Arbuthnot, since your last testimony, have you continued to follow the world of cliches? A: I'm all over it, 24/7.

2003 M. Mitchell Latest Bombshell xi. 217 John Laures has been all over this story, investigating it for months now.

d. all over the show: see show n.¹ Phrases 5.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all over
释义	all overadv.prep. Brit. /ˌɔːl ˈəʊvə/, U.S. /ˌɔl ˈoʊvər/, /ˌɑl ˈoʊvər/ Forms: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. and over adv. and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., over adv. Etymology: < all adv. + over adv. With the temporal use in sense A. 4, compare over adv. V.In early use often written as one word, although word division in editions of medieval texts often reflects decisions by modern editors. A. adv. 1. In every respect; throughout; fully, totally. Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [adverb] > in every respect allOE altogetherlOE altogethersa1225 all over?c1225 alwisea1425 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 217 He wule gan to forð onþe ear þu lest wene. & bringe þe of ful þocht into delit of ful lust. & swa he bringeð al ouer to skiles ȝettunge. þet is deadlich sunne. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 (MED) Huo þet hedde þe zyȝþe ase heþ þe lynx..þet yzyȝþ þorȝ þane wal alouer. 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer v. 382 The Lorde shall inable vs truely to see what a masse of corruption wee are, how vile, how miserable, how polluted..within and without and all ouer. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger Concl. iv. 120 No Men did Rule or Feed the People..by Proxies,..Surrogates, or Implicite Faith; 'tis Non-sence all over, as well as Irreligious. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 130 He is all-over mistaken. 1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 101 It was confounding the Ideas of Creator and Creature, and was all over Contradictory, and Repugnant. 1763 J. Wesley Let. 3 Sept. (1931) IV. 222 From the first hour abate nothing of our Rules, whether of Society or bands. Be a Methodist all over. 1846 in J. Lindridge Tales of Shipwrecks 772/1 (caption) I am a Tory all over, and no more fit to fight the battles of my country than Lyndhurst [etc.]. 1852 E. Twisleton Let. 1 July (1928) i. 10 Both were thoroughly well-bred and polite—lady and gentleman all over. 1886 National & Eng. Rev. July 599 There's a bit of wisdom..that is Catholic all over. 1922 Daily Mail 17 Nov. 11 She..looked all over the winner.., but when the pinch came she cracked up with dramatic suddenness. 1954 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood 61 I dote on that Gossamer Beynon. She's a lady all over. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 1/2 Your parents' divorce can screw you all over. It did me. I was shocked. 2008 D. Ellis Who we Are 72 Feeling all over good about things, [I] went back to the fields. 2. a. Over the whole extent of something; in every part; everywhere. Also: over one's whole body; in every limb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > everywhere aywherec1000 ywhereOE overallOE everywherec1225 ever aywherec1330 algatesa1393 over-allwhere1395 eachwherea1400 ouerwhere?a1400 universally?a1430 all overc1440 allwherec1450 atoura1475 all wheresc1515 universal1524 everywheres1834 algate1843 everyplace1854 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > everywhere > in every part or all through throughouta1225 overallc1225 all overc1440 throughoutly1478 the world > life > the body > [adverb] lichamlyc900 fleshlyc1230 bodilyc1370 (to raise or rise) in flesh and fellc1375 after the fleshc1384 outwardc1390 in flesh and bonea1400 naturally1439 corporally1483 corporate1495 corporatelya1513 animally1535 carnally1539 in flesh and blood1598 physicallyc1600 fleshlily1614 body-wise1620 all over1633 in (the) flesh1651 corporeally1664 body-like1674 somatically1847 bodily-wise1869 the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all over back and sidec1400 all over1633 at every pore1850 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2027 (MED) This ryche mane..Dresses vp dredfully the dragone of golde, With egles alouer. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 81 (MED) Faire feldes, alouer floresched wit flores. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ii. sig. H.ij/1 The properties of God..to be all ouer, and euery where. 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iv. iii. sig. K3 I am so full of ioy; nay ioy all ouer. 1710 London Gaz. mmmmdccix/4 Stray'd..a Mare..black all over. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. iii. 65 On the Outside they..face the Work all over with Mortar thrown against it with a Trowel. 1815 H. Brougham Let. 14 July in T. Creevey Corr. (1903) I. xi. 243 Such an exertion..I already ache all over with it. 1834 J. C. Hart Miriam Coffin II. v. 70 There have we been hunting..all over for thee, and lo-and-behold, thou art here! 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 109 It was floor-clothed all over. 1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 129 A small spherical box, pierced all over with small holes. 1933 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Z xxi. 272 Then he kind of shook all over, an' died. 1956 Life 2 Apr. 11/2 (advt.) Firm support all-over.., the Airfoam mattress ‘floats’ you to sleep in a healthful posture. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xv. 453 I'm being bitten all over. 2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 86 You could look all over, under the bed, up the shelves,..in the guest bedroom. b. colloquial. With a noun used predicatively: covered in, full of; (of a person) filled with a specified sensation, esp. pain. ΚΠ 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. viii. 122 Leopoldus..fought..till his armour was all over gore bloud. 1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 248 Their whole Life..runs all along upon wrong Principles and mistaken Reasonings, and is all over Fallacy and Paralogism. 1712 tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Wks. I. 324 When e're I look on you,..I'm all o're Rapture, while all over Pain. 1781 J. Graham Abstr. from Bk. intituled Med. Trans. at Temple of Health 18 A rheumatic..complaint, which swelled his legs, hams, wrists, arms, and shoulders; he was all over pain, soreness, and weakness. 1789 M. Madan in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 441 They stuck up candles..in their windows..and by their flaring..they made the frames of the windows..all over grease. 1800 J. Austen Let. 25 Oct. (1995) 49 At Oakley Hall we did a great deal—eat some sandwiches all over mustard [etc.]. 1824 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 20 Mar. 2 Fags and Catnip, I'm all over goose pimples! 1855 W. M. Thackeray Let. 28 Apr. (1946) III. 443 His house was all over pictures, drawings, casts, statues, and medals. 1876 Littell's Living Age 27 May 557/1 One big-headed boy in a monkey suit all over buttons. 1894 Temple Bar Nov. 292 I wish you were here to help me, for my head is sore, and my heart is sick, and I'm all over aches and pains. 1919 Windsor Mag. 50 206 He took away my gun and beat me with it. I am all over sores. 1975 S. Bellow Humboldt's Gift 21 This Buick was all over mud. 2010 R. Rendell Portobello (2011) xi. 100 He was all over bruises, he had something wrong with one of his elbows. 3. a. all over again: from the beginning, for a second or subsequent time; anew. Cf. over again at over adv. 15b. ΚΠ 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church xv. 361 The Emperour..read them [sc. the names] all ouer againe. 1646 B. Ryves Mercurius Rusticus (new ed.) 64 Two Alderman [sic] renew the same insolencies and act the injuries all over again. 1684 Bp. S. Parker Relig. & Loyalty i. 99 He is so far from giving any signs of Repentance..that he frankly declares both his readiness and obligation to do the same thing all over again upon the same opportunity. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 178 They were so confounded with Mistakes, that they were forced to write all over again. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. xii. 146 I..told him the case; but he only said humph? and hay? so then I told it all over again. 1883 W. S. Green High Alps N.Z. xvi. 268 Descending to the lower camp..and doing the hard swagging work all over again. 1892 Open Court 16 June 3282/2 If I had it to do all over again,..I should not one minute hesitate. 1957 N. Coward Diary 3 Mar. (2000) 351 I am struck, all over again, with the lovely, lucid simplicity of his prose. 1985 M. H. Heim & A. W. Bouis tr. V. Aksyonov In Search of Melancholy Baby (1989) x. 154 Babbittry is back, I tell you. It's McCarthy all over again. 2005 Guardian 26 Nov. (Work section) 2/5 Native English speakers may need to relearn their language all over again as ‘global English’ develops new dialects, vocabulary and grammar. b. = all over again at sense A. 3a. Cf. over adv. 15d. Now chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > anew or again moeOE of newOE yetOE againOE newlyOE once morelOE anewc1305 newa1325 i-gainc1325 againwardc1380 upon new1399 freshlya1413 newlings1440 of the newc1449 afreshc1450 of (also on) fresh1490 for the newc1535 backwardly1552 over againa1568 over1598 de novo1627 all over1811 1811 L. Aikin Juvenile Corr. 53 Whether you could recollect, without saying your pence-table all over from the beginning, that fifty pence are four and twopence. 1851 R. W. Dickinson in E. Lord Epoch of Creation Introd. p. xvii He found himself under the necessity of reducing all his work again to chaos, and of doing it all over. 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 441/2 Then we must begin our researches all over to redescribe our immediate past. 1994 C. Bukowski Pulp (2000) xxiv. 96 Belane, I worked for a good hour, padding his cheeks, making him look fulsome and healthy! Now he's all sagged in again! Now I've got to do it all over. 2009 Stamford (Connecticut) Advocate (Nexis) 31 Aug. If I would die and be born again, I would do the same thing all over. 4. Completely over; at an end; finished. Frequently in it is all over, it is all over with (a person), indicating a person's life is about to end or be ruined. Also sometimes: at a point where a particular outcome is imminent or certain, even though the event or situation is still in progress. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > at an end at an upshot1653 all over1664 the jig is over1777 the jig is up1800 all up1825 the last of pea-time1834 (all) washed up1923 the party is over1931 1664 True Acct. Arraignment Col. J. Turner 59 By six of the clock this business will be all over. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 162 It was all over, long before I came to Turin; but..all the Court there, were ashamed of the matter. a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) App. iv. 306 The tyke might have been queikened ere it had been all over, ilk ply as it were rancountering another wresling and fighting in his hass. 1765 C. Brietzcke Diary 22 June in Notes & Queries (1963) Aug. 307/1 Walkd in the Park with Mr. Stanhope who seems to think it is all over with Us. 1805 Ld. Nelson in R. Southey Life Nelson (1813) II. ix. 260 I am a dead man, Hardy..I am going fast:—it will be all over with me soon. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 134 Sir Thomas [Steward] makes his will in this same month of January..; and on the 30th it was all over. 1857 J. Ruskin Elements Drawing iii. 216 If you once begin to..try this way and that with your colour, it is all over with it and with you. 1917 U. Sinclair King Coal i. 30 A man might sink to sleep as he lay at work, and if his..helper, happened to be out of sight.., it would be all over with the man. 1963 ‘J. le Carré’ Spy who came in from Cold xi. 101 And then I asked him, ‘Is this goodbye?’—whether it was all over. 1991 Sports Illustr. 14 Oct. 31/3 Chicago got back to 10–7 on a third-quarter march, but then the turnovers came, and it was all over for the Bears. 2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. 3 When the crisis was all over he hoped he might return. B. prep. 1. In or on all or many parts of; everywhere (or here and there) on the surface of; throughout. Cf. over prep. 7a. ΚΠ 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. lxv. 1154 Having intelligence by a rennegate revolt, that the Romans were scattered all over the fields. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. 58 They..sell it all ouer the country. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2532/2 This was followed by Long Live King Joseph, which quickly eccho'd all over the City. 1705 Boston News-let. 19 Mar. 2/2 It..caus'd a smell of Sulphur all over the House. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 2 The People..began to be allarm'd all over the Town. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. Introd. 13 Rice is more or less raised all over India. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 78/2 The pulp wood..being thus wounded, rises up in excrescences and nodes all over the branch. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers i. 1 And all over the countryside were these same pits. 1915 J. Turner Let. 19 Apr. in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 6 I should pretty soon find myself quarrelling..did I not realize more daily that queer characteristic cussedness which is so all over him. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 417 The tatterdemalion shook his head, infallibility written all over him. 2010 S. Thirsk Not quite White (2011) 90 Yes, a young man had been seen all over North Wales that morning. 2. Into or on to all or many parts of; in every direction (or various directions) on the surface of; throughout. Cf. over prep. 7b. ΚΠ 1617 W. Adams Let. 14 Jan. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory in Japan (1991) I. 569 This wass the first yeear of the Emperor's raign and as his eddict wass gon all overe Jappan it wase not a thinge pressently to be called back againe. 1643 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 2) To Rdr. sig. ¶4 Like a filthie flie she seeks all over the body for a soare. 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 858 The Pope had sent his Nuncios all over Europe. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 124 From this reservoir the water is distributed all over the house. 1841 C. Fox Jrnl. 5 May in Mem. Old Friends (1882) vii. 123 We went all over his comfortable house. 1883 M. Oliphant Hester (1884) xi. 113 The burning blush which she felt go all over her. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 50/2 For six months I delivered goods for him, pushing a handcart all over the town. 1962 R. Hardy Act of Destruction ii. i. 60 All this heat and travelling, first Europe, then all over Africa. 2011 Private Eye 4 Mar. 10/2 If Lansley isn't U-turning, he's certainly swerving all over the road. Phrases P1. In adverbial use. a. to be (a person) all over: to be typical of or sum up the qualities or characteristics of the specified person; to display close similarities to someone else. Also in extended use of a condition, situation, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > be characteristic to be (a person) all over1689 1689 Refl. Lord's Speech without Doors in 9th Coll. Papers Present Juncture Affairs Eng. 28 But many are angry, and yet pleased. This is Nokes all over: Why then, angry and pleased is one and the same thing with your Lordship. 1721 R. Palmer Let. 31 Aug. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) II. xxiv. 90 [Mr. Churchill is] Vulponi all over. 1799 C. Lamb Let. 20 Mar. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 164 The last stanza hath nothing striking in it, if I except the two concluding lines, which are Burns all over. 1832 J. H. Payne Woman's Revenge i. i, in America's Lost Plays (1940) VI. 61 Oh, how that's you all over, Wilhelmina Simper. You would not quarrel with the poor fellow, but you'd cast him off. 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 14 Ah! gal, that's married life all over—fight and agree, fight and agree! 1913 A. Bennett Regent ii. viii. 249 He's his father all over, that lad is! 1945 H. Closs High are Mountains 56 It was old Longshanks all over to send one off on some futile errand. 2003 B. G. O'Brien Dreamin' Dreams 16 A kind heart, that's me all over—impetuous but no thought about the consequences. b. it is all over bar the shouting: see shouting n. 1d. P2. In prepositional use. a. all over the place: see place n.¹ Phrases 2e. b. all over the shop: see shop n., adj., and int. Phrases 13. c. (a) to be all over oneself (a) to be very pleased or excited; (also) to be very conceited or self-satisfied, to be full of oneself; (b) to put all one's energy into doing something or for a particular end; (c) to be brimming over with (an emotion, quality, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > be or become proud [verb (reflexive)] wlenchc1200 pridea1275 enhancec1380 empride1435 brave1581 prune1598 plume1643 value1648 pique1684 bepride1690 hump1835 tumefy1837 preen1880 to be all over oneself1910 1910 R. Brooke Let. 22 Aug. (1998) 129 Jacques was all over himself at your note. Was it true? 1919 E. P. Oppenheim Wicked Marquis xiii. 108 Aunt was all over herself, apologising to him for having other people there. 1922 A. A. Milne Sunny Side vi. 32 Simpson was all over himself with bon-hommy. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 5 All over oneself, extremely pleased. Over confident; e.g. ‘He's all over himself because he's got leave.’ ‘He used to be all right, but now he's promoted he's all over himself.’ 1941 M. Kennedy Diary 6 Dec. in C. Andrew For President's Eyes Only (1996) 121 The All Highest..Churchill..is all over himself at the moment for latest information..re Japan's intentions and rings up at all hours. 1991 E. M. Nitzberg Hippocrates' Handmaidens xxiv. 210 She was all over herself with accommodation and helpfulness. ‘Certainly, Dr. Nitzberg. Is there anything else you need?’ 2004 C. Wilhelm Wised Up iii. 43 Billy was all over himself. He acted like he was proud that he made his ‘bones’. (b) colloquial. to be all over (a person): to pay (a person) intense and persistent attention, typically indicating close or intimate physical contact.to be all over (a person) like a rash: see rash n.⁴ Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb (transitive)] > treat or behave affectionately to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)1601 much1640 endear1683 to be sweet on (upon)1694 to be all over (a person)1912 1912 E. Pugh Harry the Cockney x. 102 The worst of women is..they never leave you alone... They're all over you. 1923 S. Kaye-Smith End of House of Alard i. 23 I wouldn't come yesterday. I thought your family would be all over you. 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. v. 43 ‘Were they friendly?’ ‘The lady was... All over him, as you might say.’ 2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 19/2 [They] were all over each other like teenagers. They only came up for air when it was time to leave. (c) North American colloquial. to be all over (a thing): to pursue the specified opportunity, course of action, etc., enthusiastically or aggressively; to have the specified thing under control. Chiefly in to be all over it. ΚΠ 1924 Boys' Life June 47/2 The giving of the coveted award had been hooked up with a well-planned rally. The Rotary Club was in it, the Woman's Club was in it..and Pee-wee Harris was in it. He was not only in it, he was all over it. 1987 Houston Chron. 22 June i. 10/1 If the vice president was being unfairly subjected to what..others in this county have been subjected to in Pinewood Village, they'd be all over it. 2001 Chron. Higher Educ. 3 Aug. b5 Q: Mr. Arbuthnot, since your last testimony, have you continued to follow the world of cliches? A: I'm all over it, 24/7. 2003 M. Mitchell Latest Bombshell xi. 217 John Laures has been all over this story, investigating it for months now. d. all over the show: see show n.¹ Phrases 5. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.prep.?c1225
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