work over
verb
worked over; working over; works over
1
: to subject to thorough examination, study, or treatment
shelf stock worked over by shoppers
2
: to do over : rework
saved the play by working the first act over
3
: to beat up or manhandle with thoroughness
My boxing opponent worked me over in the ring.
Examples of work over in a Sentence
the mob boss's thugs really worked him over
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No one likes working over the weekend.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Jayne worked over Grace’s neck as fans rallied behind Grace.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
That’s a good turn in a retail world that’s been worked over by President Donald Trump’s trade war and is scrambled by any number of consumer uncertainties.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
Period is Kesha’s first album under her own label — the aptly named Kesha Records — and feels, at first, like a hodgepodge of styles and genres that have come to define the singer’s work over the past decade.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 July 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Jayne worked over Grace’s neck as fans rallied behind Grace.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
That’s a good turn in a retail world that’s been worked over by President Donald Trump’s trade war and is scrambled by any number of consumer uncertainties.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
Period is Kesha’s first album under her own label — the aptly named Kesha Records — and feels, at first, like a hodgepodge of styles and genres that have come to define the singer’s work over the past decade.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 July 2025
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“Work over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20over. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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