go over sth
— phrasal verb with go uk/ɡəʊ/us/ɡoʊ/verb present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone
(EXAMINE)
B2 to examine or look at something in a careful or detailed way:
Forensic scientists are going over the victim's flat in a search for clues about the murderer.
Remember to go over your essay for grammar and spelling mistakes before you hand it in to me.
I've gone over the problem several times, but I can't think of a solution.
More examples
- We're are still going over the details of the contract.
- It's a good idea to get someone to go over your application form before you submit it.
- Investigators have been going over the events that led to the accident.
- The inspectors went over the engine in meticulous detail.
- The lawyers are busy going over the details of the contract.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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(STUDY)
to study or explain something:
I always go over my notes just before I go into an exam.
Could you go over the main points of your argument again, Professor?
More examples
- The report goes over the main points raised at the meeting.
- Make sure you go over the safety instructions before operating the equipment.
- I quickly went over my notes before going into the exam.
- She asked the lecturer to go over a couple of points raised in the lecture.
- They spent hours going over their textbooks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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