all over the city
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- idiom
:
por toda la ciudad
- The heat's been causing brownouts all over the city.
- people all over the city
- go all over the city
- billboards all over the city
They had intricate tunnels dug all over the city that went for miles.
- They had intricate tunnels dug all over the city that went for miles.
- So then he started secretly posting posters all over the city on construction sites, the Smolana Gym.
- Well, First off, I didn't go to the same school for more than two years until high school, so I just got bounced all over the city of Birmingham.
- So I'm going to, to here and there all over the city.
- And we just had another one last night in Memphis, all over the city.
- So there were policies and protocols in place for major responses, major crisis anywhere in the city, all over the city.
Examples
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Construction was taking place all over the city, and more recent development was apparent.
Blog text (7) -
We've got intel sources all over the city.
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Is it going to be like this all over the city?
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It's not the same all over the city.
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This photo's probably all over the city.
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Sensors all over the city can zero in on anyone at any time.
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There are several routes, and stops are all over the city.
Academic text (2001) -
Mothers all over the city said, "This is the way snow used to be."
Fiction book (1997) -
Crowds are pouring in from all over the city.
Fiction book (1998) -
There are street performers all over the city, entertaining crowds with their acts.
Synonyms
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In every part of a place
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In all places
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In many places across a large area
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In all places
Antonyms
How Remote
- Informal
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- UK
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'all' (whole) + 'over' (throughout/distributed across) + 'city' results in 'throughout the city'. This locative/distributive pattern is common in English and in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the individual words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
All over the city paints a picture of something spread across every street and neighbourhood. All means every part and over means across, so it now means 'throughout the city'.