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To be all over a team
This week’s phrase for football is ‘To be all over (a team)‘, which means that one team completely dominates another team: they are much better than their opponents. To be all over also means to be completely finished but when we use words such as a team, a team name or the pronoun ‘them’ after this phrase it changes its meaning to dominant. This week Tottenham beat Aston Villa 2-0 in a Premier League match but the scoreline did not truly reflect the dominance of the home side: they were all over Villa. To be all over (a team)
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What does “all” mean here?
6 min: Ita€™s been all Argentina in the early going, but neither side has generated a serious chance with most of the action taking place in the middle third.
Hi Dwi,
‘all Argentina’ means that Argentina have dominated the possession and attacking efforts – all of the action is coming from Argentina and their opponents are on the back foot.
Hope that helps,
Damon