词组 | go over |
释义 | go over 1. go over to visit someone who lives near you for a short time: ▪ Debbie's out of hospital - I think I might go over and see her this evening. + to ▪ I'm going over to Steve's for dinner. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go round BrE 2. go over to visit a place that is across the sea + to ▪ We're going over to Ireland to see Jenny's family. 3. go over sth to examine or discuss something carefully and in detail: ▪ The President was in his study, going over his speech for the following day. ▪ The jury spent 14 hours going over all the evidence, before coming to their final decision. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go through 4. go over sth to explain something to someone to make sure that they have understood it, often when you have already explained it before: ▪ I'll go over the main points again in next week's class. ▪ Our boss went over what we had to do when the visitors arrived. 5. go over sth to keep thinking about something that has happened or something that someone has said to you, especially something unpleasant or annoying: ▪ Neil kept going over what had happened, trying to work out how it had all gone so terribly wrong. go over sth in your mind ▪ She went over it again and again in her mind. Why had Robert been so unfriendly? Had she offended him? 6. go over well if something new goes over well or big, people like it +with ▪ Mexico's new coach made some changes to the team that did not go over well with the fans. ▪ Limonia, the new Greek restaurant, has gone over big with the residents of Sun City Vistoso. how sth will go over (=whether people will like something or not) ▪ The play was a great success in Britain, but we don't know how it will go over in America. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go down 7. go over sth to clean something thoroughly: ▪ Simon went over the carpet with the vacuum cleaner. ■ SIMILAR TO: give sth a going-over BrE informal to clean something: ▪ I need to give the house a good going-over before Mum comes to stay. 8. go over sth to search a place very carefully: ▪ I've gone over every inch of the house, but I can't find my ring anywhere. go over sth with a fine-tooth comb (=search a place extremely carefully) ▪ The police thought that Leigh had drugs in her apartment and they went over it with a fine-tooth comb. |
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