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all over the place
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B2 put or left in a lot of different places in an untidy way: There were dirty dishes and clothes all over the place.Spreading and scatteringDirty and untidy › in every place: You can buy T-shirts like this all over the place.Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere › informal not correct or suitable: His drumming was all over the place.Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
(Definition of all over the place from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- anyhow adverb (WITHOUT CARE)
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