Phrase guide

going over

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Make sure to give the refurbished products a real going over before they are sold.
  • After the bankruptcy, our accounts were given a thorough going over.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: audit, check, scrutiny

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An overhaul.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: renovation, repair, revision

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A severe, thorough scolding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: browbeating, dressing down, objurgation, berating, chiding, chockling, correption, dirdum, down the banks, going over, jawing, lecture, rixation, sermon, scolding, throughgoing

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A sound thrashing, beating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • When the mob men finally found him, they gave him a good going over that left him clinging to life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hiding, pummeling, smackdown, ass beating, ass kicking, battering, beatdown, beating, boom-boom, clobbering, dressing-down, drubbing, dusting, flogging, going over, kicking, lacing, lamming, larruping, leathering, loundering, licking, pasting, shellac, shoeing, thrashing, thumping, thwacking, warming, whaling, whipping, whopping, whupping, wiping

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of go over

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

Examples

  • The client is going over the new proposal as we speak.
  • The new policies aren't going over well with the staff.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

Of a wrestler or wrestlers: to be scheduled to win a match.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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