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all over one



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Idioms and Phrases

In close physical contact. For example, Whenever I visit, that dog of Jane's is all over me . [Early 1900s] Also see fall all over one ; have it all over one .
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The match-up between Hamilton, 39, and Leclerc is especially interesting because it pits the most successful driver in F1 history against the one many in the sport think might currently be the fastest of all over one lap.

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The exercise is usually kept private, and it’s all over, one way or another, in a matter of a few days or weeks.

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Ferrari have put Charles Leclerc through the mill in the past few years - and at times vice versa, too, it has to be said - but the driver some in Formula 1 believe to be the fastest of all over one lap says his commitment to a future with the Italian team is absolute.

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Despite this interference, Antonelli recorded a video of cockroaches and other insects crawling all over one tenant’s dresser drawer.

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I wondered if this was partly post-pandemic longing for normal, all of us in close quarters breathing all over one another and laughing as though nothing had really changed.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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