GO OVER
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. examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
3. happen in a particular manner
4. fall forward and down
Familiarity information: GO OVER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GO OVER (verb)
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
Meaning:
Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
suss out; check up on; check over; check out; check into; check; go over; look into
Context examples:
check the brakes / Check out the engine
Hypernyms (to "go over" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
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
Meaning:
Happen in a particular manner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
come off; go over; go off
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
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
