mainly American

a method of helping someone to change their behaviour by treating them in a very severe way.

Tough love is the only approach to take towards a relative hooked on drugs.

• over my dead body
• overplay hand
• overplay your hand
• overstay welcome
• overstay your welcome
• overstep bounds
• overstep its bounds
• overstep the mark
• overstep your bounds
• over-the-counter
• over the counter
• over the edge
• over the hill
• over the hump
• over the line
• over the long haul
• over the long term
• over the moon
• over the short term
• over the top
• over with
• owe it to someone to
• owe it to someone to do something
• owe it to to
• owe it to to do something