all over the shop

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all over the shop

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  1. Australia, UK, informal All over the place. While witness was in the shop, a gentleman came running in, and retched all over the shop. He cried out to the boy, "What have you given me here?"

    Similar: all over the ballpark, all over the gaff, all over the lot, all over the show

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@misc{all_over_the_shop_2026,
  title = {all over the shop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all%20over%20the%20shop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}