What does all over the shop mean?

all over the shop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.84 in modern English

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Australian usage; British usage; Informal

"While witness was in the shop, a gentleman came running in, and retched all over the shop. He cried out to the boy, "What have you given me here?""
"When Cummings was asked if he blamed MPs for the abuse, he replied: “The MPs said we will have a referendum, we will respect the result and then they spent three years swerving all over the shop."

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