"all over the board" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-all over the board.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=all over the board}} all over the board
  1. (idiomatic) All over the map. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-all_over_the_board-en-prep_phrase-GqK2qP2B

Download JSON data for all over the board meaning in English (0.9kB)

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