going-overnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋˌəʊ.vər/us/ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋˌoʊ.vɚ/an activity such as cleaning that is done carefully and completely:
This carpet's filthy! It needs a really good going-over.
Detectives have given the apartment a thorough going-over (= examined it carefully).
UK informal an occasion when someone is hit repeatedly:
They said I'd get a real going-over if I didn't pay them by tomorrow.
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Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- freshen (sb/sth) up
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- mop
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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