Definition of over-all in English English dictionary
- in general, for the most part, including everything
- all over
- In every way; thoroughly
Dancing with everyone, singing show tunes all night: that was Luke all over.
- all over
- Over an entire extent
He was covered all over with mud.
- all over
- Everywhere
I've looked all over for it.
- all over
- Everywhere; covering completely
He dropped the bucket and got paint all over the floor and his clothes.''.
- all over again
- Once again; one further time
I spent 5 hours finding a suitable present for my sister, but then I lost it and had to look all over again.
- all over but the shouting
- The substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering
- all over hell's half acre
- All over the place; everywhere
We came back outside and the neat pile of leaves we had raked had been blown all over Hell’s half acre.
- all over the board
- Alternative form of all over the map
The numbers I got for that were all over the board.
- all over the map
- In widely scattered directions; in a widely varying manner
I hit it all over the map,” Anderson joked.
- all over the map
- Widely scattered or distributed; numerous and differing greatly
The Kip Hanrahan Band, which opened the concert, is after its own ambitious American-Latin fusion, with internationalist rhythms, introspective lyrics and musicians from all over the map.
- all over the place
- Lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation
I asked each person in turn, and their answers were all over the place.
- all over the place
- Covering a location thoroughly or completely
When the house caught on fire the firemen came and sprayed water all over the place.
- all over the place
- Thoroughly; completely
I took a big piece of paper and then just painted flowers all over the place.''.
- all over the place
- At multiple locations in the vicinity
The cart fell over and there were apples all over the place.
- all over the place
- Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation
I asked each person in turn, and their answers were all over the place.
- all over the place
- In multiple directions, sometimes in a random or near random pattern
I poured a big glass of milk but then it spilled all over the place.
- all over the shop
- Alternative form of all over the place
- all over with
- Completely finished; over
When the event is all over with, make sure that the place is cleaned up and the lights are turned off.
- all-over
- over the whole area or extent
- all-over
- in every respect; utterly
- all-over
- ended
- all-over
- everywhere
- overall
- A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools
- overall
- A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps
- overall
- Generally; with everything considered
- walk all over someone
- To easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort
- walk all over someone
- To dominate a person or a group; to have a person take a submissive or inferior role
- written all over someone's face
- Very obvious, from someone's facial expression
- all over the map
- (deyim) Marked by a high degree of variation
- all over the map
- everywhere
- all over the map
- in a state of disorder
- all over the place
- (deyim) everywhere
- all over the place
- (deyim) in a state of disorder
- jump all over someone
- (deyim) Scold someone severely
If I don't get home on time, my parents will jump all over me.
- all is over with
- an end has been reached, everything is finished
- all over
- to or in any or all places; "You find fast food stores everywhere"; "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem"; "he carried a gun everywhere he went"; "looked all over for a suitable gift"; (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere')
- all over
- over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "felt tired all over"
- all over
- having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
- all over
- from every direction, everywhere; finished, ended
- all over
- over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "felt tired all over
- all over one like a cheap suit
- possess intimately and in a comprehensive manner (e.g., "Mary was all over Tom like a cheap suit'')
- all over the country
- throughout the nation, in every place of the country, nationwide
- all over the land
- throughout the nation, in every place of the country, nationwide, everywhere
- all over the shop
- total mess, out of order, in disarray
- all over the world
- throughout the world, in every place of the world, worldwide
- all over with
- ended, completed; finished, done
- fall all over
- display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards; "This student falls all over her former professor when she sees him
- it's all over
- it has ended, the end has come, it has transpired
- jump all over
- gravely scold a person (e.g.: "My boss jumped all over me because I forgot to prepare the report on time")
- overall
- Overalls are trousers that are attached to a piece of cloth which covers your chest and which has straps going over your shoulders. An elderly man dressed in faded overalls took the witness stand
- overall
- including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed"
- overall
- All-encompassing
- overall
- a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
- overall
- Everywhere
- overall
- An overall is a piece of clothing shaped like a coat that you wear over your clothes in order to protect them while you are working. considering or including everything
- overall
- including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed
- overall
- work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life"
- overall
- {s} comprehensive; extensive
- overall
- You use overall to indicate that you are talking about a situation in general or about the whole of something. the overall rise in unemployment Cut down your overall amount of physical activity Overall is also an adverb. Overall I was disappointed The college has few ways to assess the quality of education overall
- overall
- work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
- overall
- involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life"
- overall
- in general, generally
- overall
- Overalls consist of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear overalls over your clothes in order to protect them while you are working. workers in blue overalls
- overall
- A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit
- overall
- {i} overalls, one piece garment made of trousers and a piece of cloth that covers the chest and has shoulder straps (originally worn to protect clothes while working)
- overall
- shortalls
- overall
- synoptic
- prate the news all over the town
- spread the news throughout the town
- started all over again
- began anew, started from the beginning
- trembling all over
- shivering in all parts of the body, shaking of all parts of the body
- walked all over him
- trampled upon his honor, stepped all over him, humiliated him
