go over
Definitions
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
- To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
- To create a response or impression.
- To spray paint graffiti over someone else's graffiti.
- To encompass or cover (a subject).
- To score a try.
- To pat down (someone) and then rob them.
- To turn out successful; to be well-received.
- To convert to Roman Catholicism.
- To convert or switch sides.
Equivalents
20 more languages
العربيةناف
Catalàrevisar
Esperantotrarigardi
Italianoesaminare
Kurdîîr
Русскийхорошо́ принима́ться
ไทยเลยไป
Examples
“I'm going over to my friend's house.”
“Please⟳ go over the reports to make⟳ sure we haven't missed anything.”
“Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers.”
“In first period, we're going over the basics of cell biology.”
“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.”
“That's who went over the butcher.”
“That song really went over with the audience.”
“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.”
“He went over to the finance department's side in this dispute.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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