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all over the place
all over the place
1. (noun) Everywhere; over a great distance or area. Now that we've graduated, my college friends are all over that place, and I hardly ever see them. Please clean your room, your clothes are all over the place!
2. (adjective) Very scattered or disorganized; ill-conceived. Boy, that presentation was all over the place. It's like they wrote it five minutes before taking the stage!
all over the place
(spoken) 1. everywhere This city has beautiful parks all over the place. This summer there was a lot of rain and we had weeds all over the place.
2. not well organized or carefully considered You can't tell what Fred will do because his ideas are all over the place.
all over the place
in or to many different places There was blood all over the place. I ran all over the place looking for them.
all over the place
Also,
all over town or the world . See under
all over, def. 1.
all over the place
In or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place.