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go over

go over verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.

Verb

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, transitive) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
    • Please go over the reports to make sure we haven't missed anything.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To create a response or impression.
    • Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers.
  4. 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. To score a try.
    • 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.2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC
  7. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To pat down (someone) and then rob them.
    • That's who went over the butcher.
  8. (dated, intransitive, slang) To turn out successful; to be well-received.
    • 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.1953 August 6, Jet, volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, pages 21-22
  9. (dated, intransitive) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
  10. (broadly, intransitive) To convert or switch sides.
    • He went over to the finance department's side in this dispute.

go over meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

go over in Hindi

to go over or across
तिरना tirnā

go over in Tamil

சுற

go over in Urdu

نظر ثانی کرنا, یاد کرنا

go over in Malayalam

scrutinize, examine, study
പരിശോധിക്കുക, നോക്കുക, സൂക്ഷ്മാവലോകനം നടത്തുക, പരിശോധിച്ചു തിരുത്തുക, പഠിക്കുക, നിരൂപണം നടത്തുക
practise, rehearse, read through
പൂർവ്വാഭ്യാസം ചെയ്യുക, മനഃപാഠമാക്കുക, പരിശീലിക്കുക, തോന്നിക്കുക, പരിശീലനം നടത്തുക, ആവർത്തിച്ചു ചൊല്ലുക
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go over in Kannada
ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸು, ತಪಾಸು ಮಾಡು, ಪಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಮಾಡು
go over in Sanskrit
अधी adhī

Forms of go over

third-person singular presentgoes over
present participlegoing over
pastwent over
past participlegone over

Questions about go over

What does go over mean?
Go over means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
What is go over in Hindi?
Go over in Hindi is तिरना (tirnā). See Go over meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is go over?
Go over is a verb.
What is the past tense of go over?
The past tense of go over is went over.

Words near go over in the dictionary

  1. go out on a limb
  2. go out swinging
  3. go out with a bang
  4. go out with the ark
  5. go outside
  6. go over
  7. go over as well as a lead balloon
  8. go over like a lead balloon
  9. go over like a lead zeppelin
  10. go over someone's head
  11. go over to the majority

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: go over (page history and authors); तिरना (Hindi) (page history and authors); go over (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); go over (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); go over (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); go over (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अधी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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