Thesaurus results for WORK (OVER)

work over

verb

Definition of work over

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly the mob boss's thugs really worked him over

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Recent Examples of work over By the time the series concluded in 2021, Kusama had produced roughly 900 works over 12 years. — Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026 OpenAI has lost many of the people who have led its safety work over the years, with some criticizing the company’s commercial focus on the way out. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Counsell views getting Palencia consistent work over the final five weeks as a must. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 He’s really getting worked over until a collapsing building separates them. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for work over

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Verb

There was the physician who analyzed the growth rate of his fingernails for 35 years and the geologist who looked into why his colleagues lick rocks.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026
An ancient Nazi scientist (Dan Stevens) crawling across a carpet to lick a woman’s stilettoed foot.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of lick

Verb

The documentary asserts Musk has vastly overstated the capacities of Tesla vehicles, dazzling 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl and other journalists with displays of his electric cars proceeding under their own guidance, while hiding a frightening reality.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026
Voice analytics hears the frustration or relief that the same sentence can hide.

— Hamid Farooqui, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of hide

Verb

On offense, that means pounding the rock with a stout run game and letting that set up the passing attack.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Russia pounded Kyiv for more than 12 hours in a sixth straight night of attacks, killing at least 12 people including six railway workers and an Indian citizen, and devastating civilian districts.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of pound

Verb

Alpha 1, who’s most strict about the disease’s suppression, lashes out uncontrollably.

— Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
The Philippines is among the countries most exposed to powerful typhoons, some 20 of which lash the archipelago every year, causing considerable damage and casualties due to floods and landslides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of lash

Verb

In fact, Hal does so almost immediately so John can use his artistic skills to create a complex tunneling device for burrowing beneath the compound.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
As the business grows, employee owners' ESOP accounts do, too, without contributing a cent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

Using cutter and working with a few slices stacked together at a time, punch out enough rounds to fill bottom of pan.

— Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
Ohtani swung through a slider, then took a pair of strikes to punch out looking on three pitches from the Cardinals’ Gordon Graceffo in the fourth inning.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of punch out

Verb

Jake Burger homered twice and Ezequiel Duran had his 12th game this season with at least three hits as Texas rallied from two four-run deficits to beat Tampa Bay.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Watson was at the center of one of Week 1’s biggest upsets as the Minutemen won at Rutgers to break a 16-game losing streak and beat an FBS opponent for the first time since 2023.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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