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verb

(tr, adverb) to do again; repeat

(intr, preposition) to examine closely and thoroughly

(tr, adverb) slang to assault or thrash

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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Words nearby work over

work on, work one's fingers to the bone, work one's way, work order, workout, work over, workpeople, workpiece, workplace, workprint, Work Projects Administration

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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|DAILY BEAST
Stand-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|DAILY BEAST
It 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|DAILY BEAST
According to Haaretz, Kerry and Obama will work over the next three to six months to see what's feasible.
How Obama Gave Up On The Peace Process|Ali Gharib|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Special attention is paid to their work over the past 12 months.
America’s Top 50 Rabbis for 2013|Gabrielle Birkner|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And then I suppose hell be out of work over there, and we shall be hearing of the unemployment in the Colonies!
Chains|Elizabeth Baker
Dick 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 Stevenson
I 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. Dall
I 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 Tomlinson
It 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

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Beat up, as in The secret police worked him over and he's never been the same. [c. 1920]

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