go over

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go over (third-person singular simple present goes over, present participle going over, simple past went over, past participle gone over)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ over.
    I'm going over to my friend's house.
  2. (idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
    Please go over the reports to make sure we haven't missed anything.
  3. (idiomatic) To create a response or impression.
    Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers.
  4. (graffiti) 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. (rugby) To score a try.
    • 2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC[1]:
      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.
  7. (transitive, slang, dated, UK) To pat down (someone) and then rob them.
    That's who went over the butcher.
  8. (intransitive, slang, dated) To turn out successful; to be well-received.
    That song really went over with the audience.
  9. (intransitive, dated) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
  10. (intransitive, by extension) To convert or switch sides.
    He went over to the finance department's side in this dispute.

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