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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | go over |
| he/she/it | goes over |
| present participle | going over |
| past tense | went over |
| past participle | gone over |
- 3[intransitive] to move or travel toward someone or somethinggo over to:
He went over to the window and closed the curtains.
They went over to John’s for dinner last night.
go over (to someone/something) to do something:We had met a year ago, when I went over to Paris to see an exhibition.
go over (to someone/something) and do something:Why don’t you go over and say hello?
- 4[intransitive] American to produce a particular reaction
Last night’s performance went over very well.
go over with:How did the news go over with your parents?
- 5[transitive] go over something to clean something, especially quicklygo over something with something:
He’d gone over the car with a cloth, wiping fingerprints from the steering wheel and the door handles.
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