Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To improve a prototype, or first draft.

    The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over.

  2. (idiomatic, slang, transitive)To physically attack in order to cause injury.

    He'll talk, once we work him over.

  3. (idiomatic, slang, transitive)To subject (a person) to a severe scolding, interrogation, beating, etc.

    give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Examples

43 sentences
  1. Tom has been working here for over thirty years.

    Том працює тут вже більше тридцяти років. — deniko

    ruТом работает здесь уже больше тридцати лет. — odexed

    deTom arbeitet schon seit über dreißig Jahren hier. — wolfgangth

  2. Our work is almost over.

    Наша робота майже закiнчена. — rmdas

    ruНаша работа почти закончена. — aleph

    deUnsere Arbeit ist fast fertig. — jerom

  3. Our work is all over now.

  4. The hard work is basically over.

  5. The hard work is almost over.

    deDie Mühen sind fast zu Ende. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Forms

works over, working over, worked over, worked over
Base formwork over · to work over
3rd person singularworks over
Present participleworking over
Past simpleworked over
Past participleworked over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywork over
he, she, itworks over

Past simpleLesson

all personsworked over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave worked over
he, she, ithas worked over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill work over

Phrasal verbs

10 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
physically attack:beat up
Close in meaning
  • give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression:beatbeat up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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