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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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

“Definitely a lot of hard work over the previous year. Rehab was a grind, but it’s good to be back out there.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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

DiFucci wrote in a note on Jan. 20 that while he recognizes that Oracle’s costs will rise as the company works to build out AI infrastructure, the stock “could work over the next decade.”

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Instead of only one day, they now had almost two weeks to work over the coast of Guam.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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