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verb
To fail to gain acceptance: to be received poorly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: simile
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Presumably from go over (“to be received”), used as if literally (“to travel above”): a lead balloon would not travel well through the air.
