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going-over

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Noun going-over has 2 senses
  1. going-over - a careful and thorough inspection
    --1 is a kind of
    examination, scrutiny
  2. castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down - a severe scolding
    --2 is a kind of rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
Verb go-over has 4 senses
  1. review, go over, survey - hold a review (of troops)
    --1 is one way to inspect
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
    --2 is one way to analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
    Sample sentence:
    They won't go over the story
  3. go off, come off, go over - happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?"
    --3 is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s Adjective
  4. fall over, go over - fall forward and down; "The old woman went over without a sound"
    --4 is one way to break down, collapse
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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