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Synonyms

work over

British  

verb

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

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

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

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work over Idioms  

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

Example Sentences

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She too has found it hard having to prioritise work over her two young children.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

It’s taken a lot of work over the course of 15 years, but now I’m mostly functional.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

“We never stop moving and can prioritize thinking about work over other areas in life,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

It’s the moment software engineers, executives and investors turn their work over to Anthropic’s Claude AI—and then witness a thinking machine of shocking capability, even in an age awash in powerful artificial-intelligence tools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

At 8:32 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, the person on night shift was just handing the work over to the person on day shift.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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