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adj. - Covering the entire surface.

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  • An allover pattern
  • This display features aprons from about 1900 to the 1960s and ranges from fancy tea aprons to very utilitarian 'allover' aprons.
  • Abou 50 poets from allover the state participated.
  • Derec hurt allover and was simply too weak to struggle.
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  • The "allover" (general) effect of the medicine was "all over" (finished, ended).
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