go over
Britishverb
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to be received in a specified manner
the concert went over very well
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Also: go through. (preposition) to examine and revise as necessary
he went over the accounts
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Also: go through. (preposition) to clean
she went over the room before her mother came
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(preposition) to check and repair
can you go over my car please?
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Also: go through. (preposition) to rehearse
I'll go over my lines before the play
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to change (to a different practice or system)
will Britain ever go over to driving on the right?
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to change one's allegiances
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slang (preposition) to do physical violence to
they went over him with an iron bar
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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.”
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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]
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Rehearse, as in Let's go over these lines one more time . [Second half of 1700s]
Example Sentences
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"If Donald Trump walked down the road, I'd go over and shake his hand and say, 'Welcome to Doonbeg'," the 63-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
While it may sound daunting to go over all of this again years later, Ringbauer says it’s a responsible way for the couple to “make sure we are on the right footing together.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I’d come home, catch a few hours of sleep and go over to SoFi because it’s so close and watch Justin play. I wouldn’t be able to do that anywhere else. It’s pretty special.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
"This was a good opportunity to go back and go over all of our assumptions - it turns out, yes, we do understand this stuff and we're accounting for it in our cosmology measurement."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Maybe he should just go over some of the thirteen hundred high-level games played at the 1958 Munich Olympiad.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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