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 patgfisher patgfisher July 9, 2015, edited July 9, 2015 July 9, 2015 at 1:44:28 PM UTC, edited July 9, 2015 at 1:47:55 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

>Does it mean "I've been everywhere"?

This is my understanding of it. Maybe CK might have a comment.

My imagined context would be: I've lost something and my wife says "where did you look?" and I would reply "I've been all over" [the yard, house etc understood]. [Edit: it could also be said like: "Where have you been during your visit to our country?" "I've been all over (the country)]?

I must say these extra short sentences with no context can be a challenge to explain. I hope my example hasn't led you up the garden path (another idiom!).

(By the way, a google search on the Turkish came up with: I've been verbally bullied) ???

This might be a misunderstanding of another idiom which is close to the one we are discussing. "To be all over someone" can mean to be aggressive towards them and assault them (as well as meaning showing affection or being amorous).

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I've been all over.

added by CK, April 6, 2013
➜ #2490827Ben her yerdeydim.

linked by duran, June 11, 2013
➜ #4352064Секаде сум бил.

linked by Lepotdeterre, July 9, 2015
➜ #4353611Jeg har været over det hele.

linked by danepo, July 9, 2015
➜ #4353625

linked by danepo, July 9, 2015
➜ #4353625

unlinked by Horus, July 9, 2015
➜ #3836010Jeg har været overalt.

linked by Horus, July 9, 2015
➜ #4868453J'ai été partout.

linked by sacredceltic, January 29, 2016
➜ #11792355Я везде побывал.

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