work over
(tr, adverb) to do again; repeat
(intr, preposition) to examine closely and thoroughly
(tr, adverb) slang to assault or thrash
Words Nearby work over
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How to use work over in a sentence
The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTStand-up comedian Adam Newman encountered one of the toughest rooms any comic could work over the weekend.
NYPD Heckles Comedian During Arrest (NSFW) | Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has put a seven-digit number of Americans to work over the decades.
Why We’ll Be Better Off if the Walmart Protests Fail | Richard Vedder | September 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAccording to Haaretz, Kerry and Obama will work over the next three to six months to see what's feasible.
Special attention is paid to their work over the past 12 months.
And then I suppose hell be out of work over there, and we shall be hearing of the unemployment in the Colonies!
Chains | Elizabeth BakerDick thought it remarkable that a painter should choose to work over an absinthe in a public café, and looked the man over.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis StevensonI cannot say any thing better of Professor Tenney's pupils, than that they work over their specimens as enthusiastically as boys.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallI was to work over to the Block House and took my Farewel of working their & all our sick were drawd up & som dischargd.
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 | Abraham TomlinsonIt is just as well that their gratitude should be divided a little, so I will hand that part of the work over to you.
Condemned as a Nihilist | George Alfred Henty
Other Idioms and Phrases with work over
Beat up, as in The secret police worked him over and he's never been the same. [c. 1920]
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