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Meaning of work over | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To improve a prototype, or first draft.
    transitive
  2. To physically attack in order to cause injury.
    idiomatic, slang, transitive
  3. To subject (a person) to a severe scolding, interrogation, beating, etc.
    idiomatic, slang, transitive

Examples

“The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over.”
“He'll talk, once we work him over.”
“The desk sergeant worked him over pretty good and finally turned him over to the detective squad.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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