go over
verb
went over; gone over; going over; goes over
1
: to make one's way
going over to the store for supplies
2
: to become converted
went over to the other side
3
a
: to win approval : succeed
glad it went over
b
: to be received
the film went over well
1
: examine
went over the lab test results
Examples of go over in a Sentence
his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions
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First baseman Munetaka Murakami added the exclamation point, hitting a 431-foot grand slam that went over the batter’s eye in center field in the seventh inning.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
In the rear, it's got 30 inches of rear wheel travel, so it is designed to go over 100 mph and go over 200 to 300 foot whoops.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
The car went over the barrier wall and into the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway and struck another car.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
That should go over well in Buffalo.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
In the rear, it's got 30 inches of rear wheel travel, so it is designed to go over 100 mph and go over 200 to 300 foot whoops.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
The car went over the barrier wall and into the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway and struck another car.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
That should go over well in Buffalo.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Go over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20over. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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