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to go over

to go over

120 3.3
To make people like or dislike an idea
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡoʊ ˈoʊvər/
translation icon : tener buena acogida
  • I've been going over our financial position, if you'll pardon the expression.
  • go over well

Abe Lincoln here has not gone over well with some or so far any.

Examples

  • OK, So we've gone over transcription and translation.

  • We may not need to go over each question individually.

    Academic text (2009)

  • That will go over well with the cops since they love me.

    Smoke Screen (2010)

  • Some of the things I suggest may not go over well with many people.

    Blog text (12)

  • But, he recalled, it did not go over well with members who worked in the industry.

    Academic text (2012)

  • We were just actually going over our strategy for tomorrow's match.

    Fun Size (2012)

  • Players will go over and over drills and plays until each player gets it right.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Such contempt for worldly concerns would not go over well today.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Then go over what you've written with a highlighter, and mark the best moments.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The new marketing strategy seems to go over well with the customers, boosting sales significantly.

Synonyms

to come over
vsto go over
99 3.1

To seem a certain way to other people when you say or show something

focuses on how people receive it and the effect it causes

How Well

to go over
120 3.3
to go down the wrong way
  • Informal
1 7.7
to fall flat
  • Informal
19 4.9

Surface Forms

go over infinitive
going over present participle
goes over third person singular
went over past
gone over past participle

Morphology

go + over

The sense 'to be received or perceived in a particular way' is not directly predictable from the literal meanings of 'go' (advance/unfold) and 'over' (above/across), although a loose motion/metaphor of something 'passing across' to others can hint at reception. Because that metaphorical linkage may sometimes help learners but does not reliably yield the specific reception meaning without exposure, this item is best classified as semi-transparent.

Etymology

Go over comes from the picture of an idea moving across to people. If it reaches them and they like it, it goes over well, so it means 'to be received'.