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work over
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Princeton's WordNet
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
work oververb
To improve a prototype, or first draft.
work oververb
To physically attack in order to cause injury.
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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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of work over in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of work over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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This is unprecedented, it’s something ICE does every year proudly because agents and officers want to show the results of their hard work over the last year, and for the Biden administration political appointees to not want to produce this is really a slap in the face to the hard-working career officials, and more importantly it's clearly a political effort aimed at hiding the impact of the Biden administration’s policies.
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, deshaun has been among the very best at the position, and he understands the work needed to reestablish himself on and off the field in Cleveland. We are confident that he will make positive contributions to our team and community as we support his return to football.
We must be very clear : Nothing we documented Ukrainian forces doing in any way justifies Russian violations, russia alone is responsible for the violations it has committed against Ukrainian civilians. Amnesty's work over the last six months and our multiple briefings and reports on Russia's violations and war crimes reflect their scale and the gravity of their impact on civilians.
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.
We've done a significant amount of work over the past few years to take costs out and simplify processes and these final actions will eliminate the need for any future corporate restructuring.
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