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all over1 /ˌɔːl ˈəʊvə /1Completely finished: it’s all over between us...- Gaughan stretched the lead to nine, a minute later and it seemed all over but Castlerea weren't finished.
- However, a pal claims that it is all over between them.
- It's all over between Kate and Pete, as she chucks out her belongings.
2 informal Everywhere: there were bodies all over...- I radioed in that there was oil all over, but I got through it and we finished in one piece.
- The past pupils came from all over to join in the celebrations.
2.1With reference to all parts of the body: I was shaking all over...- My body was shaking all over as I left the room, and I prayed to God I wouldn't trip on the way out.
- Sweat was beading on his body, he was shaking all over, and he was breathing hard.
- I'm shaking all over and sweating and my legs feel weak.
3 informal Typical of the person mentioned: that’s our management all over!...- That's him all over: irreverent, outspoken, outrageously good company.
- See, that's you all over.
4 informal Effusively attentive to: James was all over her...- If I were 15 years younger I'd be all over her,' he thought.
- I went to the party and I had women all over me.
- Becky, now awake, lived up to her billing for her character and was all over Mike.
See parent entry: all all-over2adjective [attributive]Covering the whole of something: she returned with an all-over tan...- At first each colour was in separate small cells, then in larger fields containing different colours juxtaposed and finally the whole surface was enamelled in all-over patterns including millefiori.
- The long sandy sweeps of the French Riviera offer themselves up entirely, submissively, to Mediterranean beach culture, with its parasols, its all-over tans, its boring, endless games of beach tennis.
- The solution in the airbrush contains self-tanner, bronzer and a moisturizer, and results in a perfectly even all-over tan.
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