Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go over

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.75 in modern English

Syllables: go over
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.

verb

To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

Transitive verb

verb

To create a response or impression.

Intransitive verb

verb

To spray paint graffiti over someone else's graffiti.

verb

To encompass or cover (a subject).

Transitive verb

verb

To score a try.

verb

To pat down (someone) and then rob them.

British usage; Dated; Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To turn out successful; to be well-received.

Dated; Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes over (present, singular) going over (participle, present) went over (past) gone over (participle, past)

Synonyms

fall over go off come off check check up on look into check out suss out check over check into

Questions

What does go over mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.

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