GO OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go over mean? 

• GO OVER (verb)
  The verb GO OVER has 4 senses:

1. hold a review (of troops)

2. happen in a particular manner

3. examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

4. fall forward and down

  Familiarity information: GO OVER used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hold a review (of troops)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

go over; review; survey

Hypernyms (to "go over" is one way to...):

inspect (look over carefully)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Happen in a particular manner

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

come off; go off; go over

Context example:

how did your talk go over?

Hypernyms (to "go over" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 3

Meaning:

Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out

Context example:

Check out the engine

Hypernyms (to "go over" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Verb group:

check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off (put a check mark on or near or next to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go over"):

follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over (follow with the eyes or the mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't go over the story

Sense 4

Meaning:

Fall forward and down

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

fall over; go over

Context example:

The old woman went over without a sound

Hypernyms (to "go over" is one way to...):

break down; collapse (collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

“This set of rooms is quite the oldest in the college, and it is not unusual for visitors to go over them. Come along, and I will personally conduct you.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, Mr. Holmes, from the moment that I understood that there was something about that suite of rooms which I was not to know, I was all on fire to go over them.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am to leave in the morning and go over to Jonathan, and to help to nurse him if necessary, and to bring him home.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

If left to himself his instincts would have been either to return to King’s Pyland or go over to Mapleton.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It left a mark on me that I shall never lose until I go over the ship’s side in a canvas cover.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are several days that stand out for you, so let’s go over them now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If he gave me the least reason to think so, I would go over to Lowestoft and prevent it by bringing him with me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I've a great mind to go over and tell the old gentleman so!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Get up and go over all the rooms in the house if you like it.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I never go over to Ireland, not having myself much of a fancy for the country.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)