WENT OVER Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

went over

verb

past tense of go over

as in succeeded

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 went over Alexis Mac Allister went over the back of a defender and finished with a header. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026 England captain Harry Kane went over a temporary wall, which appeared roughly 4 feet high, set up for advertising. — David K. Li, NBC news, 6 July 2026 Four of those five runs came on Drake Baldwin’s first career grand slam, an opposite-field shot that just went over the 375-foot sign in left field. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 5 July 2026 Nche left injured and moments later Kurt-Lee Arendse swept past Marcus Smith and went over in the left corner. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 Pinch-hitters Austin Martin and Ryan Kreidler singled with one out for Minnesota in the ninth and a high chopper by Byron Buxton went over the head of third baseman Willi Castro to tie it. — CBS News, 27 June 2026 Brian went over the pictures and oriented them with our copy of the Mistassini aerial chart. — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 Several users on social media posted reports that one person went over the fall, and a female grabbed a branch and was rescued. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went over

Verb

SpaceX has yet to attempt such a recovery with Ship but has succeeded in doing so with Super Heavy three times so far.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 July 2026
The states succeeded in convincing a judge to freeze the merger in advance of a trial.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

Definition of succeeded

Verb

Alexander, who signed a two-way deal with Utah last week, made contact with the Bulls' Caleb Wilson while driving toward the basket and, after tossing the ball toward the hoop, went behind the basket clutching his side or abdomen.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Donaldson, who went undrafted out of Miami last season, is signed by the Heat to a two-way deal.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of went

Verb

Hopper, 25, grew up in Ballantyne and remembers staying in the Morrison YMCA’s child care while his mother worked out.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
Saša Pekeč, a professor of business administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, compares it to the early days of ridesharing apps, which were banned in some cities while regulations were still being worked out.

— Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 3 July 2026

Definition of worked out

Verb

The Fever won 109-75 as Kelsey Mitchell had 27 points and Sophie Cunningham came off the bench to score 20 on 7-of-9 shooting, including 6 of 7 from behind the 3-point arc.

— Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Second-round pick Izaiyah Nelson came off the bench for a third consecutive Summer League contest but exited early due to an injury.

— Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026

Definition of came off

Verb

In that environment, the most valuable marketing is not always the content that gets clicked.

— Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Today, our diaries exist as a constant stream—clicked, posted, forgotten—submerged in an ever-expanding digital archive that almost no one revisits.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026