go_over
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ verb ] hold a review (of troops)
Used in print (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)Therefore , his only recourse was to learn the shape all_over again for each new visual experience of the same individual object or type of object ; and this he could do only by going_over its mass with the tracing procedure . (Francis Pollini, Night....)* * h Automatically , Finnegan started going_over today 's lesson * * h Capitalism rots from the core . |
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[ verb ] happen in a particular manner
Examples "how did your talk go over?" Used in print (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)My host went_over and stared out the window at his peacocks ; then he turned_to me . Related terms |
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[ verb ] examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Examples "check the brakes" "Check out the engine" Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)He and the prime_minister would be back from the window , seated at Mahzeer 's desk ; they would be going_over papers Mahzeer had saved as excuse for just such a meeting . |
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[ verb ] (medicine) fall forward and down
Synonyms Examples "The old woman went over without a sound" Used in print (Todhunter Ballard, The Night Riders....)The man went_over without sound , falling to the bare floor . Related terms |
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