Idioms

be (all) over

be (all) over

1. To have ceased or concluded. I know the accident scared you, but it's all over now. Please don't leave your seats until the performance is over. I can't believe my college football career is over. It went by so fast!
2. To be doomed to death or failure. Used especially with the dummy pronoun "it." It's all over for me, Shawna. There's no way I can make it out of here with this injury. Put down your weapons, Insane-o-Brain! Your reign of terror is over! Unless their next product is a huge success, it could be all over for the once illustrious company.
3. To no longer be in a romantic relationship with someone. Our relationship had been struggling for a long time, but we're all over now. You and I are over, Johnny. There's no way I can forgive you. It's all over with me and Diane. We just fought too much.
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be over

v.
1. To be located above something: The lamp is over the desk.
2. To be on the other side of something: My grandparents' house is over the river.
3. To have come to an end; be finished: When the movie was over, we went to bed.
4. To have recovered emotionally from something: It was a terrible year, but I am finally over it.
5. be over with To have finished doing or experiencing something, especially something unpleasant: I'm not over with my homework yet.
6. be over with To be finished; have passed or been experienced. Used especially of unpleasant things: Now that my dental surgery is over with, I can stop worrying and get some rest.
See also: over
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

be all over

To attack verbally; reprimand severely.
See also: all, over
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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