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| going over |
| 1. n. An inspection, examination, review, or investigation. |
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| Make sure to give the refurbished products a real going over before they are sold. |
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| After the bankruptcy, our accounts were given a thorough going over. |
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| 2. n. An overhaul. |
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| 3. n. A severe, thorough scolding. |
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| 4. n. A sound thrashing, beating. |
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| When the mob men finally found him, they gave him a good going over that left him clinging to life. |
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| 5. v. present participle of go over |
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| (to examine) The client is going over the new proposal as we speak. |
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| (to create an impression) The new policies aren't going over well with the staff. |
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| going |
| 1. v. present participle of go |
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| 2. n. A departure. |
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| 3. n. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. |
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| The going was very difficult over the ice. |
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| 4. n. progress |
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| go |
| 1. v. To move: |
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| 2. v. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like |
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| Why don’t you go with us? This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago. Chris, where are you going? &nbs |
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| 3. v. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m |
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| Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell. |
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| over |
| 1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded. |
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| The show is over. |
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| 2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. |
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| Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting. |
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| Let me think that over. |
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