going over

1. An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.

   Make sure to give the refurbished products a real going over before they are sold.

   After the bankruptcy, our accounts were given a thorough going over.

2. An overhaul.

3. A severe, thorough scolding.

4. A sound thrashing, beating.

   When the mob men finally found him, they gave him a good going over that left him clinging to life.

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