go over

verb

1. to be received in a specified manner

   the concert went over very well

2. Alsogo through preposition to examine and revise as necessary

   he went over the accounts

3. Alsogo 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. Alsogo through preposition to rehearse

   I'll go over my lines before the play

6. adverbfoll byto
   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

Example Sentences

So they went over to a tunnel and, with nobody looking, just walked on to the pitch.

From BBC

“The main baddies in the game were Kremlings,” Wise said, pointing out a play on words that, it is safe to say, went over the head of most 10-year-olds.

From New York Times

He's not willing to give up on his humanity, so the whole killing people and drinking their blood thing doesn't go over very well.

From Salon

In many parts of Punjab, the pollution is so bad that the air quality has gone over 1,000.

From NewsForKids.net

I just hope no matter what side of the politics you fall on, there’s people going over there and sacrificing their lives for what they’re sent to do.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• analyze
• examine
• inspect
• look at
• read
• rehearse
• repeat
• scan
• skim