work over

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to do again; repeat

2. (intr, preposition) to examine closely and thoroughly

3. slang,  (tr, adverb) to assault or thrash

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

The Strategy Group also received a stream of payments for social media consulting and media production work over the last few years from Noem’s American Resolve PAC.

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Monmouthshire council said staff were "out working with blue light services to support residents" and would work over the weekend to "assess the damage and begin the clean up process".

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She said a crackdown was "starting to work" adding that 8,232 people had been arrested for illegal working over the past year, a rise of 63%.

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Employers have done a lot of work over the past two decades to make it as simple as possible for American workers to save for retirement.

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A Church of England spokesman said the title was a tribute to the King's "work over many decades to find common ground between faiths and to bring people together".

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