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work over

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. beat, beat up, work oververb

    give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

    "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

Wiktionary

  1. work oververb

    To improve a prototype, or first draft.

  2. work oververb

    To physically attack in order to cause injury.

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  1. work over

    "Work over" typically refers to the act of examining or revising something thoroughly. The phrase may have different interpretations based on the context but it generally means to fix, improve, or make adjustments to. In the context of a meeting or discussion, it could mean to discuss or debate a topic extensively. In the oil and gas industry, "work over" refers to performing major maintenance on an oil or gas well.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of work over in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of work over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of work over in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    I'm going to be doing a little work over the weekend, i'm going to be studying the federal workers in Washington that you have been reading so much about, people don't want to give them the increase, they haven't had one in a long time, I said I'm going to study that over the weekend.

  2. Med Jones:

    The forces of the Power Cycles work over time to distributes the power and wealth among nations. Every nation and every political party must go through the cycles of expansion and contraction. This is true for all past, current and future powers. The only difference is that this power cycle got accelerated tremendously with the introduction of the Internet and global communications.

  3. Robert Reich:

    A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

  4. Andrea Syrtash:

    Couplesdon't need to do everything together; but a couple can't lead separate lives if they want their marriage to work over the long-term, they shouldn't be co-dependent or too independent -- they should be interdependent.

  5. Andrew Berry:

    Those in-depth conversations, the extensive evaluation process, Deshaun Watson dedication to being a great teammate and devotion to helping others within the NFL, within the community and through Deshaun Watson charitable initiatives provided the foundation for us to pursue Deshaun. We are confident in Deshaun and excited about moving forward with him as our quarterback and supporting his genuine and determined efforts. we look forward to having Deshaun as our starting quarterback. We have done extensive investigative, legal and reference work over the past several months to provide us with the appropriate information needed to make an informed decision about pursuing him and moving forward with him as our quarterback.

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