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French
FrenchDans tous les azimuts
Meaning: In every direction at once; scattered and unfocused.
Literally: In all azimuths
Example: “Le nouveau directeur lance des réformes dans tous les azimuts.” — The new director is launching reforms every which way.
English equivalent: Every which way
Equivalents in other languages
English: every which way
Origin: Azimut comes through Latin from Arabic as-sumūt, the directions, and is the horizontal bearing of an object. It entered general French from military and later nuclear-strategy usage, where défense tous azimuts (all-azimuth defense) meant readiness against attack from any quarter.
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