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Other ways of saying ‘in all directions’—for example, you might say, “He shot into a flock of birds and they went ________.”
| EVERY WHICH WAY | 155 |
| SCATTERED | 139 |
| EVERY WHICHAWAY | 121 |
| HELTER-SKELTER | 114 |
| EVERYWHERE | 110 |
| EVER WHICH WAY | 71 |
| ALL OVER | 41 |
| EVERYWAY | 32 |
| EVERY DIRECTION | 27 |
| IN ALL DIRECTIONS | 26 |
| ALL OVER THE PLACE | 22 |
| EVER WHERE | 19 |
| IN EVERY DIRECTION | 19 |
| HITHER AND YON | 14 |
| SCATTERED IN ALL DIRECTIONS | 14 |
| EVER WHICHAWAY | 13 |
| NR | 13 |
| SCATTERED ALL OVER | 10 |
| SCATTERED TO THE FOUR WINDS | 10 |
| TO THE FOUR WINDS | 10 |
| EVER WAY | 9 |
| FLYING | 9 |
| HAYWIRE | 9 |
| SCATTERING | 9 |
| ALL DIRECTIONS | 8 |
| PELL-MELL | 7 |
| SCATTERED EVERYWHERE | 7 |
| ALL WAYS | 6 |
| HELL-WEST AND CROOKED | 5 |
| HITHER AND THITHER | 5 |
| KERFLOOEY | 5 |
| EVER DIRECTION | 4 |
| FORTY WAYS TILL SUNDAY | 4 |
| GALLEY WEST | 4 |
| SCATTERED OUT | 4 |
| SKY WEST AND CROOKED | 4 |
| WILD | 4 |
| EAST AND WEST | 3 |
| FLYING IN ALL DIRECTIONS | 3 |
| FORTY WAYS FROM SUNDAY | 3 |
| HITHER-THITHER | 3 |
| KAFLOOEY | 3 |
| SCATTERED EVERY DIRECTION | 3 |
| SCATTERED IN EVERY DIRECTION | 3 |
| SCATTERED TO THE WINDS | 3 |
| ALL AROUND | 2 |
| ALL SCATTERED | 2 |
| FLYING AWAY | 2 |
| FORTY WAYS FOR SUNDAY | 2 |
| FOUR WAYS FOR SUNDAY | 2 |
| FOUR WINDS | 2 |
| HITHER AND YONDER | 2 |
| “NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST” | 2 |
| SCATTER | 2 |
| SCATTERED ALL AROUND | 2 |
| SCATTERED FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST | 2 |
| SKITTER-SKATTER | 2 |
| SKY-HIGH | 2 |
| TO THE WINDS | 2 |
| A-FLUKING | 1 |
| A-FLYING | 1 |
| ALL DIFFERENT WAYS | 1 |
| ALL DIRECTION | 1 |
| ALL FOUR WAYS | 1 |
| ALL GALLEY WEST | 1 |
| ALL OVER EVERYWHERE | 1 |
| ALL OVER THE LOT | 1 |
| ALL OVERS | 1 |
| ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS | 1 |
| ALL SORTS OF WAYS | 1 |
| ALL WAYS FOR SUNDAY | 1 |
| ALL WHICH WAYS | 1 |
| ALL WHICHAWAY | 1 |
| AND SCATTERED | 1 |
| ASS OVER TIN-CUPS | 1 |
| BOTH DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| EAST | 1 |
| “EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH” | 1 |
| “EASTWEST, NORTHWEST, AND CROOKED” | 1 |
| EVER WHERES | 1 |
| EVERY WHICH WAY AND THAT WAY | 1 |
| EVERY WHICH WAYS | 1 |
| EVERYWAYS | 1 |
| EVERYWHERES | 1 |
| EXPLODED | 1 |
| FLEW IN ALL DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| FLYING ALL OVER | 1 |
| FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE | 1 |
| FLYING EVERYWHERE | 1 |
| FOUR DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| HARUM-SCARUM | 1 |
| HE SCATTERED ‘EM | 1 |
| HELL AND GONE | 1 |
| HELL A-WHOOPING | 1 |
| HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION | 1 |
| HELTER-SKELTER IN ALL DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| HERE AND THERE | 1 |
| HERE AND THERE AND EVERY PLACE | 1 |
| HERE AND YON | 1 |
| “HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE” | 1 |
| “HERE, THERE, AND THE OTHER PLACE” | 1 |
| HIGH WEST AND CROOKED | 1 |
| HITHER-SCATHER | 1 |
| IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| IN ALL FOUR DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| IN ALL WAYS | 1 |
| IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| IN EVERY ANGLE | 1 |
| IN TWENTY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| LIKE A COVEY OF QUAIL | 1 |
| NINETY WAYS TO DIXIE | 1 |
| “NORTH, EAST, AND WEST” | 1 |
| “NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, AND WEST” | 1 |
| OFF | 1 |
| OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| SCATTER ALL OVER THE PLACE | 1 |
| SCATTERED BAD | 1 |
| SCATTERED EAST AND WEST | 1 |
| SCATTERED EVER WHERE | 1 |
| SCATTERED EVERY WHICH WAY | 1 |
| SCATTERED EVERYWHERES | 1 |
| SCATTERED FROM HELL TO HARLEM | 1 |
| SCATTERED FROM HERE TO YON | 1 |
| SCATTERED HITHER AND THITHER | 1 |
| SCATTERED LIKE A BAD WOMAN’S SHIT | 1 |
| “SCATTERED NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, AND WEST” | 1 |
| SCATTERED TO ALL CORNERS | 1 |
| SCATTERED TO THE FOUR WAYS | 1 |
| SCATTERING HERE AND THERE | 1 |
| SIXTY WAYS FOR SUNDAY | 1 |
| SKELL-MELL | 1 |
| SKYWARD | 1 |
| SOME WENT ONE WAY AND SOME ANOTHER | 1 |
| SPLATTERED ALL OVER | 1 |
| SUCH EVERY WHICHAWAY | 1 |
| THATAWAY | 1 |
| THIS WAY AND THAT | 1 |
| THIS WAY AND THAT WAY | 1 |
| THITHER AND YON | 1 |
| TO ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS | 1 |
| TO AND FRO | 1 |
| TO HELL AND GONE | 1 |
| TOOK OFF | 1 |
| UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
| VOO-HUM | 1 |
| WERE SCATTERED | 1 |
| WEST | 1 |
| WILLY-NILLY | 1 |
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