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to walk over

to walk over

7 4.2
Beat someone very easily
  • phrasal verb
  • /wɔk ˈoʊvər/
  • Informal
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  • Jesus heard and Jesus walked over.

Examples

  • Today, after we finished dinner, I had my husband watch Joseph, and little Aaron and I walked over to swing on the swings and slide down the slides.

    Blog text (25)

  • If he can maintain that level of play, then the 49ers can walk over almost any other team in the NFL.

    Blog text (2)

  • Once they saw him, they walked over to him.

    Blog text (25)

  • She will walk over you; you give her a chance.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I won't let anyone walk over me during this negotiation.

  • It's not fair to let him walk over you; stand up for yourself.

  • If you keep allowing others to walk over you, they will never take you seriously.

Synonyms

to sweep through
vsto walk over
2 4.1

To finish something quickly and with little effort

refers to beating opponents easily rather than just finishing tasks
to overbeat
vsto walk over
4.9

Defeat an opponent easily in a game or contest

is used for easy defeat in any situation, not only contests

Antonyms

to lose
∞ 1.0

Fail to win a game or contest

struggle
466 3.2

A hard effort to do or finish something difficult

How Easy

to walk over
  • Informal
7 4.2
to defeat
932 2.1
to beat
∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

walk over infinitive
walked over past
walked over past participle
walking over present participle
walks over third person singular

Morphology

walk + over

The sense 'to defeat someone very easily' is a metaphorical extension of the literal image of moving 'over' someone with 'walk'—suggesting ease and dominance—so a learner who knows the basic senses could plausibly infer a general sense of overpowering. However, the specific contest-related meaning ('beat an opponent') is an idiomatic phrasal-verb usage that is not fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partially transparent to B1 learners.

Etymology

The phrasal verb walk over gives a clear picture: someone simply walks over a person or obstacle as if it is no trouble. That's why it means 'to defeat someone very easily'.