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all over one

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

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2023

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.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

“Wattam’s” objects are drawn in the bold, rounded colors of infant toys sprung to life, slowly and awkwardly wobble, bumping into one another and even crawling and climbing all over one another.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2019

Justin Rose: The Englishman skipped the European Tour’s flagship event and stomped all over one of the PGA Tour’s oldest stomping grounds instead.

From Golf Digest • May 29, 2018

There’s ink smeared all over one corner and the silk’s all perished down the middle, as though she and Engel have been playing tug of war with it.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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