go over

verb

1. to be received in a specified manner

   the concert went over very well

2. Also: go through. (preposition) to examine and revise as necessary

   he went over the accounts

3. Also: go through. (preposition) to clean

   she went over the room before her mother came

4. (preposition) to check and repair

   can you go over my car please?

5. Also: go through. (preposition) to rehearse

   I'll go over my lines before the play

6. 1. to change (to a different practice or system)

      will Britain ever go over to driving on the right?

   2. to change one's allegiances

7. slang,  (preposition) to do physical violence to

   they went over him with an iron bar

Idioms and Phrases

Examine, review. For example, They went over the contract with great care , or I think we should go over the whole business again . This term originated in the late 1500s, then meaning “consider in sequence.”

Gain acceptance or approval, succeed, as in I hope the play goes over . This term is sometimes elaborated to go over big or go over with a bang for a big success, and go over like a lead balloon for a dismal failure. [Early 1900s]

Rehearse, as in Let's go over these lines one more time . [Second half of 1700s]

Example Sentences

The giver owes taxes only if the amount goes over the threshold.

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Chisholm said he and his teammates “went over the video about 10 times in the dugout.”

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It goes over the audience, and it shoots out flames, bubbles.

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Thirteen-year-old pupils at Birchgrove Comprehensive said they used it for revision and to go over what they had learnt in a lesson.

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My tent set up and food safely stored in the provided metal boxes, I went over to the tiny beach and sat on a driftwood log, relaxing under the sun’s warm rays.

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