GOES OVER Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

goes over

verb

present tense third-person singular of go over

as in succeeds

to turn out as planned or desired his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions

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Recent Examples of goes over And then a sweet person who works at the Golden Door comes out and goes over some of the activity updates for the next day. — Kate Berlant, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 When the eye of a hurricane or tropical storm goes over land, that point is called landfall. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Occasionally, the suicide seems to be spur of the moment; a depressed person sees a high section without a guardrail and goes over. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Hollywood Drift’s visual drama will be out the front, with the stretch that goes over the CityWalk sidewalk, well beyond the path that Rockit took. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 As for how her position on Disney and the FCC goes over with her colleagues, Gomez is more circumspect. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 That means that either the bike has an electric motor that goes over 750 watts of power or can go faster than 20 mph on solely motor power. — Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026 Below, Wiseman goes over each area of Paramount+’s programming strategy. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 In that same spirit of excess, there’s an extra scene in the end credits that goes over like a lead balloon. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goes over

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Ard succeeds Ryan Fiedler, who has served as CFO since June 2025 and is stepping down to transition to an external consulting role, enabling him to spend more time with his family, according to the company.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Mohamed succeeds Eva Vidal Dans, who left the company in June 2025.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of succeeds

Verb

So, from a standpoint of how these events likely evolve, there could be small rocks and gravel and stuff that comes off where the slide is, as that rock mass adjusts to the fact that this piece just popped off.

— Erika Stanish, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Remember that when the cast first comes off, the nose is still swollen and far from its final result.

— Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of comes off

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The Helena starts at €81,500 (for reference, this works out at around US$91,000), but it multiple options are available, including the choice of materials used, the furniture added, and even off-grid functionality, so the price can vary.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
But your data shows that most of the time, rushing actually works out.

— Julia Edelstein, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026