Dictionary

go over en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
   • I'm going over to my friend's house.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
   • Please go over the reports to make sure we haven't missed anything.
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To create a response or impression.
   • Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers.
4. To spray paint graffiti over someone else's graffiti.
5. (transitive) To encompass or cover (a subject).
   • In first period, we're going over the basics of cell biology.
6. To score a try.
   • But in the closing stages Bishop spotted a gap to go over and Hook converted to set up a nervous finish for the Blues, who managed to hold on. 2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC:
7. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To pat down (someone) and then rob them.
   • That's who went over the butcher.
8. (dated, intransitive, slang) To turn out successful; to be well-received.
   • The sex lottery went over big in its first try with number runners selling tickets and making the entire affair a very hush-hush production. 1953 August 6, Jet, volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, pages 21-22:
   • That song really went over with the audience.
9. (dated, intransitive) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
10. (broadly, intransitive) To convert or switch sides.
    • He went over to the finance department's side in this dispute.

Forms

Translations (32)

gl escrutar (to scrutinise) · uk опрацьо́вувати (to scrutinise) · fi vaikuttaa (to create an impression) · el περιεργάζομαι (to scrutinise) · fi mennä läpi (to create an impression) · es examinar (to scrutinise) · la descisco (to scrutinise) · uk опрацюва́ти (to scrutinise) · fi käydä läpi (to scrutinise) · es escrudiñar (to scrutinise) · es escrutar (to scrutinise) · gl escudriñar (to scrutinise) · eo trarigardi (to scrutinise) · ru хорошо́ принима́ться (to create an impression) · es sentar (to create an impression) · ca revisar (to scrutinise) · la recēnseō (to scrutinise) · uk перегляда́ти (to scrutinise) · uk ви́вчати (to scrutinise) · es ir (to create an impression) · pl przestudiować (to scrutinise) · mi hihira (to scrutinise) · it esaminare (to scrutinise) · es pasar (to create an impression) · fr scruter (to scrutinise) · uk вивчи́ти (to scrutinise) · uk перегля́нути (to scrutinise) · ang sceawian (to scrutinise) · ja 眇める (to scrutinise) · es reevaluar (to scrutinise) · pl przestudiowywać (to scrutinise) · es escudriñar (to scrutinise)