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Idiom

all points of the compass

Meaning

Every direction; everywhere.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The seeds scattered in all points of the compass.”

“After the explosion, debris flew in all points of the compass, covering the entire field.”

“The explorer looked out from the mountain peak, watching the storm clouds gather from all points of the compass.”

Examples

simple

“The seeds scattered in all points of the compass.”

contextual

“After the explosion, debris flew in all points of the compass, covering the entire field.”

complex

“The explorer looked out from the mountain peak, watching the storm clouds gather from all points of the compass.”

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