GOING OVER Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˌgō-iŋ-ˈō-vər

as in inspection

a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition received a thorough going-over before being sent on stage

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going over

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verb

present participle of go over

as in succeeding

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 going-over

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But rather than further ratchet up the stakes in the final minutes, the episode closes with Rosemary exhaustively — and rather hilariously — going over an extensive genealogical document for Tom and Patricia. —

David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026 Building work on the basilica was held back by the Spanish civil war and a lack of funds, including Gaudí going over budget and refusing to compromise on his designs. —

Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026 Prosecutors are painstakingly going over the video, showing the jury only a few seconds of it at a time. —

Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 4 June 2026 Even so, Rozier grabbed four rebounds before going out, going over his betting line — so his bribe was reduced to $70,000, the feds allege. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026 After virtually every loss, there are clusters of players huddled in front of lockers going over at-bats, talking about what went wrong and what almost went right. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026 In going over some of these more sophisticated tacks on AI progress, the panel kept touching on that idea of whether to lean more toward explainable AI, or something different. —

John Werner, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 Many industry leaders speak regularly to WWD reporters, going over their latest quarter to parse spending patterns, trends and more. —

Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 Working into the morning hours for weeks, if not months, were some five or six members of the sports commission’s staff, painstakingly going over each piece page by page with Sporting KC staff members. —

Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for going-over

Noun

While the elevator was running during the inspection, the county issued a violation for an expired inspection certificate.

— Bri Buckley, CBS News, 18 June 2026
According to Abbott, Yuba County Environmental Health conducted the inspection after receiving a complaint about Ranch Market and found a vermin infestation that could not be immediately corrected on-site.

— Velvet Wu June 17, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026