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单词 to go over
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to go over
to go over
1. intransitive.
a. To move or travel so as to pass across or above something; to cross to the other side of a stretch of water, a hill, etc.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel across or beyond
to come overeOE
overfareOE
overstridea1200
overgoc1225
to go over1415
cross1486
forpass1486
to make over1488
to put over1590
to make through1606
traject1711
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)]
to come overeOE
passc1300
to pass byc1390
overwend?a1400
to go over1415
to pass througha1425
overdrawa1450
to make over1488
to get overa1500
transita1500
transire1592
to make through1606
transpass1626
to get through1694
1415 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 401 As men goth over into ye churche at ye south syde.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 13 Ther bysyde was an hie montayne..and there muste brune in the myddel goon ouer for to goo to maleperduys.
1549 H. Hart Consultorie for All Christians sig. D.i He shall smyte his seuen streames, & make men go ouer dry shod.
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 21 The Sea in some places hath been dronke vp, so that men myght haue gone ouer on foote.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 137 I am in blood Stept in so farre, that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go ore. View more context for this quotation
1648 in S. R. Gardiner Hamilton Papers (1880) 202 He will goe over wheather and when you aduisse.
1737 J. Swift Let. 23 July in Wks. (1784) XVIII. 127 It will be time enough when his Lordship goes over [i.e. crosses from Ireland to England].
1762 Crit. Rev. Nov. 348 To leap flying; that is, to go over without a small stop.
1859 E. Bennett Wild Scenes on Frontier 18 Thar's Injuns 'tother side the river..; 'spose you jest go over, Cap, and take what you want.
1891 Atlantic Reporter 21 63/1 I thought then..that there would be an accident as he was going over.
1986 P. Hodson Under Sickle Moon x. 156 There were about twenty of us in the gorge when another helicopter went over.
2000 J. O'Connor Inishowen (2001) 371 The ball went over, the ball came back.
b. To travel overseas or across a border. Also more generally: to travel from one point to another (esp. in order to pay a visit). Frequently with to.
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1430 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 35 Þe Cardinal granted to goo overe in France with þe Kyng and to abide þere.
1488 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 655 My lord Woddevyle and other schulde haue gone ouer in-to Breten to haue eyded the Duke of Breten.
1575 U. Fulwell Flower of Fame f. 34v Hee was determined to goe ouer vnto Parys.
a1592 P. Adamson Recantation (1598) sig. B3v Health sufferis me noth to goe over to the College quhair ye are presentlie assembled.
1661 W. Howell Inst. Gen. Hist. iii. ix. 706 Spartacus having by this time passed to the Sea, thought of going over into Sicily.
1665 O. Stockton Diary 6 Sept. in J. Fairfax Πρεσβύτερος Διπλῆς Τιμῆς Ἄξιος (1681) 103 The next day my Wife and I went over to see our Child.
1724 J. Morgan tr. L. E. Du Pin & J. de Vayrac Hist. Revol. Spain II. (contents) He goes over to Africa to appease the Disturbances there.
1750 E. Kimber Life Joe Thompson II. 3 Once a Week I generally went over to see Mr. and Mrs. Diaper.
1807 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 9 50 I made my way out of the house, and went over to Mr. Sheridan's house.
1825 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. Feb. 454/2 He even went over to America with that gentleman.
1909 Circle May 264/2 ‘Come boy’—going over and patting him on the back—‘brace up now’.
1928 Princeton Alumni Weekly 2 Nov. 197/1 He is now back in Del Rio looking forward to the arrival of Craven '23 and Sharp '27 to go over into Mexico on a bear hunt.
2001 G. Simmons Kiss & Make Up (2002) 123 In 1976 KISS went over to Europe for a major tour.
c. In the First World War (1914–18): to go over the parapet of a trench and into battle; = to go over the top at over the top adv. 1. Now historical.
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1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 314 Tommy would sooner go over with the ‘Tenth Wave’.
1919 R. J. Renison Story Five Cities in J. C. Hopkins Canada at War 1914–18 iii. 402 Bill, zero hour is at eight o'clock. You're rather slow, so you had better go over at seven and we will catch up with you.
1931 W. V. Tilsley Other Ranks 49 His only comment on ‘going over’ had been: ‘Well, Dick, Brettle's going to have his chance.’
2012 J. C. Nelson Five Lieutenants 182 The Germans went over at daybreak.
d. Of a broadcaster: to transfer to a different location, presenter, etc., during a radio or television programme (esp. a live one).
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1973 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 121 719/1 No one is impressed any more by the fact that at a flick of the switch we can now go over live to our man in Wagga Wagga.
1982 Spectator 8 May 30/3 We went over live to the Ministry of Defence for another announcement from their funereal spokesman.
2010 Evening Chron. (Nexis) 8 Sept. a62 An Australian announcer, speaking in a grave tone, said they were going over to our reporter in the UK for news of a shock resignation.
2. intransitive.
a. To change one's party or allegiance; to transfer from one side to another.
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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party
to go over1648
rat1810
bolt1821
to jump Jim Crow1833
Tylerize1865
?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxv. f. xxxivv A fewe rude and commen soudyours betrayed ye romayns & went ouer to Iugurth [L. transiere ad regem].
1648 Certaine Considerations touching Factions in Kings Dominions 2 Many of them have turned Renegado's, and gone over to the Independents.
1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 123 Some went over to the Queen with flying Colours.
1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 250 Those great supports of public authority, law and religion..had, in a great measure, gone over to the side of faction.
1823 New Monthly Mag. 9 341/1 Morillo..has gone over to the French with a part of his force.
1861 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower ii. 61 Pye of Maudlin, just before he ‘went over’, was perpetually in Mrs. Prior's back parlour with little books, pictures [etc.].
1892 Standard 26 Apr. 4/7 When a large section, headed by the old Leader, had gone over, it was hopeless to prolong the struggle.
1921 W. C. Scully Harrow 197 Were the fires of our tribulation to be kindled again tomorrow, these men would without hesitation go over to the side of our oppressors.
1998 R. Collins Sociol. of Philos. (2000) 602 Lord Chesterfield, originally a Whig, broke with Walpole in 1730 and went over to the opposition.
b. To change one's religion. Originally and chiefly in to go over to Rome: to become Roman Catholic.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > conversion to Catholicism > convert to Catholicism [verb (intransitive)]
catholicize1611
Romanize1637
to go over1658
papalize1835
vert1888
popec1916
1658 J. Taylor Let. 11 Jan. in Xρισις Τελειωτιχη (1673) 68 You must make an apparent departure from the Church in which you received your Baptism and the Spirit of God, if you go over to Rome.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 516 In the Change of Religion Men don't so much consider the Principles, as the Practice of those to whom they go over.
1753 J. White Protestant Englishman ii. vi. 113 It would be..a foolish and irrational Change, if you, or any Protestant, should..renounce his Religion, and go over to the Church of Rome.
1841 R. Walker Miraculous Escape Don Fernandez de Alcantara 34 Go over to Rome if you are so disposed; but beware of endeavouring to undermine the fair fabric of the Church of England.
1878 M. E. Braddon Open Verdict I. vi. 103 After this, I shouldn't be at all surprised at his going over to Rome.
1918 R. Beazley et al. Russia ii. iv. 207 The majority of the bishops went over to Rome, while the towns, the mass of the peasants and a considerable number of priests, remained true to the Orthodox faith.
1994 Fortean Times June 56/2 He left the Church of England in December and has decided to go over to Rome.
3. intransitive. Esp. of inherited property: to pass, be transferred to another owner.
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society > law > transfer of property > be transferred [verb (intransitive)]
goOE
pass1416
devolvea1575
settle1629
to go overa1645
cede1756
shift1844
a1645 J. Philipot Villare Cantianum (1659) 282 A Mannor which..was, in the Surrender of this Abby into the Hands of Henry eighth,..found to be involved in the Demeasne of that Covent, from whom it went over to the Crown.
1767 J. T. Atkyns Rep. Cases Chancery 2 417 Harry Burr, one of the sons, died after the father, and before twenty-one, and consequently his share went over to the survivors.
1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland I. 386 He died..without issue male; whereupon his estate went over to the next heir male of the family.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 19 The estate must go over to the next in remainder.
1899 Virginia Law Reg. 4 808 The estate then, under the supposed statutory language of the devise, is only to go over to B in the event that A dies without issue.
1922 Orders & Opinions of Mich. Public Utilities Comm. 668 The property went over to new ownership.
1993 T. R. Ashley Bk. Numbers 659 When inheriting daughters married into another tribe, their inheritance went over to the tribe of their husband.
4. intransitive. Of a bill, motion, etc., before a legislative or deliberative body: to be postponed to another day or session; to be held over.
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a1733 Ld. Raymond Rep. Courts King's Bench & Common Pleas (1743) 2 1524 This coming on towards the close of Trin. term 1728. if the prosecutrix insisted upon the damages, it must go over till the next term.
1798 W. Woodfall et al. Impartial Rep. Deb. Parl. II. 217 I should propose taking the opinion of the House upon them on Thursday; and then that the whole subject should go over until after the holidays.
1876 S. S. Cook Why We Laugh x. 160 The question goes over, the House is relieved, and the present chance is gone for the orator.
1894 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Feb. 556 According to the by-laws it must go over to the next regular meeting for action.
1900 Congress. Rec. 3 Jan. 632/2 The resolution goes over under the rule.
1956 Billboard 21 July 22/5 The report and the committee's recommendations could go over from one to three weeks.
2003 W. S. Pray Hist. Nonprescription Product Regulation v. 85 Lane requested that the bill go over until the following day.
5. intransitive. Of a container, vehicle, etc.: to be overturned.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > capsize or be upset
whelma1300
overturna1393
overset1641
coup1787
upset1799
capsize1805
to turn the turtle1818
to go over1829
keela1860
to turn turtle1860
wintle1867
turtle1920
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [verb (intransitive)] > be overturned
to go over1829
1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. iv. 24 A lurch tripped up our barrel... The hogshead too went over.
1836 Blackwood's Lady's Mag. & Gaz. Oct. 197/1 The ship went over on her broadside.
1865 C. Dickens Let. 13 June (1999) XI. 54 I was in the only carriage that did not go over into the stream.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 127 It took all..Ned could do..to keep from going over in some of the waggon tracks.
1914 R. Parrish Shea of Irish Brigade vii. 78 I struck, and he went over on to the floor.
1958 Life 29 Sept. 33/1 The engines and three of five coaches went over.
2010 A. Klavan Long Way Home x. 69 I hit the brakes, trying to cut my speed before the bike went over.
6. intransitive. U.S. Bridge. To declare a double; = double v. 1g. Now disused.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics
echo1885
peter1887
declare1895
false-card1902
finesse1902
to go over1902
to go down1905
switch1906
pass1908
exit1930
break1952
shoot1957
1902 J. B. Elwell Bridge 111 Going over...The effect of ‘over’, ‘over’, etc., is that the value of each trick point is doubled, quadrupled, etc.
1907 R. F. Foster Bridge 60 If you are reasonably certain of the odd trick, you should go over in order to make it more valuable.
1920 R. F. Foster Auction made Easy 111 Going over, obsolete for doubling.
7. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). Of a play, speech, etc.: to be (more or less) successful in its appeal to the audience; to meet with a specified degree of success. Also more generally: to be received (in a specified way). Cf. to go (over) big at big adv. 2b.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)]
speedc1175
fayc1300
provec1300
flourishc1400
passc1425
prosper1434
succeedc1450
to take placea1464
to come well to (our) pass1481
shift?1533
hitc1540
walka1556
fadge1573
thrive1587
work1599
to come (good) speedc1600
to go off1608
sort1613
go1699
answer1721
to get along1768
to turn up trumps1785
to come off1854
pan1865
scour1871
arrive1889
to work out1899
to ring the bell1900
to go over1907
click1916
happen1949
1907 Billboard 25 Feb. 96/3 Want a concession that is almost certain to go over—with many ‘carnival objectionists’?
1927 Daily Express 29 Aug. 5 ‘Little Bits of Love’ went over with its accustomed success.
1973 ‘M. Campbell’ Halfbreed iii. 24 Many of our men brought home Scottish and English wives, which of course didn't go over very well with our people.
1984 S. Parker Catchpenny Twist i. 24 Nobody cares who writes the numbers so long as they go over well.
2007 C. J. Masters H. Horner, Chicago Politics, & Great Depression 84 It is unclear how such a promise went over in front of this audience.
extracted from gov.
to go over ——
to go over ——
1. intransitive. To move or travel so as to pass across or above; to cross to the other side of; to traverse.See also to go over the top at over the top adv. 1.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > across
overgoeOE
to come overeOE
to go over ——OE
overcome?c1225
passc1300
overpassa1382
cross1583
traject1624
cut1634
OE Blickling Homilies 177 Mon geseah hine..windum stilnesse bebeodan, & drygum fotum gan ofer sæs yþa.
OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. xxxvii. 320 Þa þa he com to þære forecwedenan brygce, he eode ofer [L. transiit] þa brygce mid..mycelre ealdorlicnesse & bælde.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 32 Fra þis mount men gase ower a grete valay till anoþer grete mount.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 53v To Ga ouer mowntans, transalpinare.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. iv. 21 And the Lorde was angrie with me for your sakes, so that he sware, yt I shulde not go ouer Iordane.
1674 H. Woodward Let. 31 Dec. in L. Cheves Shaftesbury Papers (2000) 459 Wee went over many fattigous hills.
1734 Weekly Amusement 8 Mar. 448/1 For one to dream that he goes over a broken bridge, signifies fear.
1766 J. Bartram Diary 20 Jan. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1942) 33 43/2 Our host went over the river to shoot geese in the pine-land ponds.
1826 Literary Souvenir 191 He..enlisted into a regiment that was going over the sea.
1885 A. Daly Horizon i. 15 We'll go over the prairies on wild horses and camp out in the woods.
1933 A. M. Lindbergh Let. 12 Dec. in Locked Rooms & Open Doors (1974) 179 The clouds increase as we go over the mountains.
1961 Amer. Motorcyclist May 26/1 Charley's bike went over the wall and he came up with a minor fracture.
2008 S. M. Thomas Criminal's Paradise 161 You go over the toll bridge and turn left.
2. intransitive. To be placed so as to rest on or cover; to be placed or laid over.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > admit of being placed as cover on
to go over ——1534
1534 J. Perpownte Let. 1 July in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/13/49) f. 55 It may pleyse you to send maystresse brygette a thynge yt goyth ouer the fore parte of her heede.
1660 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist 113 Lay thy jugg upon thy Iron bar within thy Furnace, let the nose lie out about one inch, let not the nose incline, but look a little upward, set to another jugg whose mouth will go over his mouth, lute them fast together.
1693 F. Brooks Barbarian Cruelty 59 A short Cloak..with a Cap to go over his Head.
1738 R. Smith Compl. Syst. Opticks II. iii. i. 298 One of these ropes ICCG goes over the back of the beam CC.
1780 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi Russia I. 186 During the very severe frost they put on a third doublet, made like the others, only large enough to go over them.
1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 ii. 181 Sufficient dung is made on the farm to go over the fallow.
1890 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Sept. 891 Fox gave him a vizard to go over his face.
1966 Life 21 Jan. 35 (advt.) This decorative, flower-splashed evening raincoat..goes over a bare-shouldered dress of silk.
1998 Homes & Ideas Mar. 50/3 The fabric was..used to make loose covers to go over the bedhead and footboard.
3. intransitive.
a. To review, consider, or examine thoroughly (and sometimes spec. sequentially or in serial order).
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)]
through-seekOE
gropea1250
to search outa1382
ensearch1382
boltc1386
examinea1387
ransackc1390
ripea1400
search1409
overreach?a1425
considerc1425
perquirec1460
examec1480
peruse?1520
grounda1529
study1528
oversearch1532
perscrute1536
scrute1536
to go over ——1537
scan1548
examinate1560
rifle1566
to consider of1569
excuss1570
ripe1573
sift1573
sift1577
to pry into ——1581
dive1582
rub1591
explore1596
pervestigate1610
dissecta1631
profound1643
circumspect1667
scrutinize1671
perscrutatea1679
introspect1683
rummage1690
reconnoitre1740
scrutinate1742
to look through1744
scrutiny1755
parse1788
gun1819
cat-haul1840
vivisect1876
scour1882
microscope1888
tooth-comb1893
X-ray1896
comb1904
fine-tooth comb1949
1537 M. Coverdale tr. M. Luther Expos. Psalm xxii sig. A.vi Let thys be sayde for an introductyon. Nowe wyll we shortlye go ouer the Psalme [Ger. den Psalm..uber lauffen].
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xviii. sig. Aa8v So in this iollie scoffing brauerie he went ouer vs all, saying, He left one, because she was ouer-waiwarde; another, because [etc.].
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. Ded. sig. aivv I should haue kept it [sc. what I haue written] by me, till I had once againe gone ouer it.
1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 66 Thus I have gone over his third Tome.
1781 E. Rutledge Let. 14 Aug. in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 389 I really believe we shall have the whole business of civil government to go over.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxi. 337 One after the other she went over the acquaintances she had made.
1881 G. M. Craik Sydney III. i. 13 Horace and I have been going over old letters.
1918 Everybody's Mag. Apr. 72/2 Again and again she went over in her thoughts the long journey here.
1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 84/2 The couple sat down to go over every detail in their case to prepare for anything that might help in their defence.
2011 J. Brandon Arkansas iii. 24 He kept going over it in his mind, picking out new details.
b. To work on for a second time; to retouch, retrace.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > repeat (an action) [verb (transitive)] > go over again with some process
to go over ——1560
to run over ——1580
1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 93 Write..great letters..and lette them drie, then go ouer them againe ones more.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. x. 746 After you haue cut it and amended the stocke, some begin to prop, vnderset, and binde it,..which done, you must go ouer it with the second fashion of dressing of it.
1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry ii. 19 Thus you may euery yeare dresse one or other piece of ground, till you haue gone ouer all your ground.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Vitis You must go over the Vines again..rubbing off all Danglers, as before, and training in the leading Shoots.
1788 J. J. Powell Ess. Learning of Devises 111 He with his pen went over his name in the presence of a third witness.
1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts I. 758/1 Every part is carefully gone over, superfluous gold being removed from some parts, and worked into others.
1897 Garden 1 May 318/2 It is necessary to go over the beds daily.
1938 Pop. Mech. Dec. 818/1 The library custodians regularly go over the books and shelves carefully with a vacuum.
1963 K. H. Seibel Joyful Christmas Craft Bk. i. 5 Go over the pencil lines with a marking pen.
2002 Paint Decor Fall 19/1 She went over the glaze diagonally with a combing tool to create the look of woven fabric.
c. To visit so as to view, inspect, or search the various parts of (a place, building, etc.).
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1632 T. Hooker Soules Prepar. for Christ 83 When men goe the bounds of the parish, they goe over every part of it, and see how farre it goes.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 113 With what Delight, with what Thankfulness, did we go over every Scene of it [sc. the Garden], that had before been so dreadful to me!
1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xv. 134 ‘I could n't find her;—yet I dare say I've been over half the garden.’ ‘Half! but why did not you go over it all?’
1830 F. A. Kemble Let. 3 Sept. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) II. vi. 183 I have been gratified and interested..by going over one of the largest manufactories of this place.
1885 Law Times 79 74/2 The defendants had gone over the house before taking it.
1943 Pop. Sci. Mar. 89/1 Local Merchant Marine inspectors..went over every ship from stem to stern, checking the safety equipment.
1998 R. Rendell Sight for Sore Eyes xviii. 186 ‘Could I have a look over the house? See the rest of it, I mean?’ ‘You want to go over the house?’
d. slang. To search (a person) for the purpose of finding and stealing goods. Cf. to go through —— at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > search with a view to robbing > specifically a person
riflea1400
to go over ——1889
1889 Referee 2 June 1/2 A few who had..gone over the landlord, left him skinned.
1900 Sporting Times 20 Jan. 5/4 If I kill a Boer and have a chance of going over him, you bet there won't be much left in his trow trows when I have done with him.
4. intransitive.
a. To read over; to practise, rehearse (fully).
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society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > practise
practise?a1425
to go over ——1557
1557 W. Peryn Spirituall Exercyses sig. A.iijv When ye haue gone ouer them [sc. exercyses] once, if ye fele not so much fruite in them as ye wold,..then maye ye..begyn them all agayne.
1661 W. Annand Fides Catholica x. 311 As young beginners will often run over their letter with a dry pen, so must tender Christians often go over their Catechisme untill the doctrine, therein contained, become familiar.
1762 G. Colman Musical Lady i. 15 Signor Rosini, please to take the instrument—I'll go over this air—and do you accompany me on the Viol-di-Gambo.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii. i. 58 Whisk. I wish, Sir—you would practise this without me..Puff. Very well; we'll go over it by and bye.
1841 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 16/2 The schoolboy goes over his lesson, previous to going up before the master.
1898 R. E. Gale & R. M. Baker Bachelor Hall i. 13 There! I'll stop crying for the moon and go over my part for the last time.
1943 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xiii. 113 During the lunch interval she remains on the stage with perhaps a Thermos and a Marie biscuit to go over and over her scenes.
1996 P. Godwin Mukiwa (1997) xiii. 262 The prime minister is going to wash and freshen up, and go over his speech here for an hour or so.
b. To say again, reiterate; to narrate or recount again, retell.
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the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]
doublec1380
naitc1400
reportc1405
repeat1427
renewa1464
iterate1533
resume1535
to run over ——1538
redouble1580
to go over ——1583
re-say1583
reclaim1590
ingeminate1594
reword1604
reassume1631
reutter1632
oversay1639
to fetch over1642
reassert1647
1583 G. Babington Briefe Conf. Frailtie & Faith 100 Woulde euer the Lorde Jesus haue thus gone ouer and ouer it againe, and iterated charge vpon charge in this order, if it had not beene a most excellent vertue?
1657 E. Porter Trin-unus-deus iv. 22 They did not understand him, so he went over it again and again, and then asked them nondum intelligitis?.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xvi. 100 And some, through the default of their Memories..are not able all their life-time, to reckon or regularly go over any moderate Series of Numbers. For he that will count Twenty [etc.].
1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 167/1 Lord Hood rose..and went over the arguments he had urged upon a former occasion.
1799 Gentleman's Mag. 69 Suppl. 1116/2 In support of this motion, he went over the various arguments by which he had recommended his proposition to the attention of the House on a former occasion.
1819 Trial J. Russell for Politic. Libel 25 He..again went over his tale of distress, being out of employ, starving, &c.
1878 Scribner's Monthly 16 228/1 He went over the explanation two or three times.
1945 Life 25 June 90 Eisenhower would listen patiently, then say, ‘You'll have to repeat that, Prime Minister,’ and Churchill would go over it again.
1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) ii. li. 711 If he goes over his story enough times..he'll come to almost believe it is true.
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