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go over
— phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› US for go downReacting and responding
(Definition of go over from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alert adjective
- and the same to you with (brass) knobs on idiom
- backlash noun
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