all over the place

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Prepositional phrase

all over the place

(idiomatic) In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.
They started firing all over the place.

In Genoa there are stray cats all over the place.

I've been looking for you all over the place.
(idiomatic) 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.

Synonyms

(haphazardly in multiple directions or locations): scattershot
(lacking a clear pattern): at random

Translations

In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.

French: dans tous les sens, en tous sens
Russian: (direction) куда́ попа́ло (kudá popálo), куда́ ни по́падя (kudá ni pópadja), (location or direction) повсю́ду (ru) (povsjúdu), (location) везде́ (vezdé)

Swedish: hej vilt (direction, colloquial), överallt (sv) (location)

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Bislama: ^{(please verify)} olbaot
Finnish: kaikkialle (fi), joka paikkaan, joka puolelle
Finnish: kaikkialla (fi), joka paikassa, joka puolella
Finnish: joka paikasta, joka puolelta
Finnish: sitä sun tätä, mitä sattuu, milloin mitäkin, kaikkea mahdollista maan ja taivaan väliltä
German: ^{(please verify)} querbeet (de), ^{(please verify)} überall (de)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} ovunque (it), ^{(please verify)} dovunque (it), ^{(please verify)} a dritta e a manca, ^{(please verify)} dappertutto (it)

Portuguese: por todo lado
Portuguese: em todo lugar, em todos os lugares
Spanish: desperdigado (es), (sin) patrón (es)
Thai: ทุกทิศทุกทาง ไม่มีเป้าหมาย
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} her tarafta, ^{(please verify)} her yerde
Vurës: ^{(please verify)} atalē
Walloon: ^{(please verify)} totavå (wa), ^{(please verify)} pattavå (wa)

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