Particle Over
Different meanings
| Be over | My holidays are nearly over. Next week I'll be back at work. |
| Blow over | The whole thing was a misunderstanding and eventually blew over. I'm glad it's in the past and have learnt from my mistake. |
| Get over | It took me two weeks to get over my last cold. |
| Have over | I'd rather have this thing over with as soon as possible. |
Over for reflection Thinking
about something carefully, very often because you want to make a decision.
| Check over | Don't hand in a report until you have checked it over carefully. |
| Chew over | I can't imagine Jeffrey being the kind of guy to openly argue, but rather chew it over in silence and - eventually - decide for himself. |
| Look over | After that I finally had time to look the device
over, and I really liked what I saw. |
| Mull over | Company executives are mulling over what to do with the contaminated building. |
| Rake over | We cannot afford to waste our time and our talent settling old scores and raking over the past. |
| Read over | |
| Talk over | We talked it over, and everyone thought it was such a great idea. |
| Think over | If the offer is made by letter, you have time to think it over more carefully and less emotionally than you would if you received it by telephone or in person. |
| Turn over | After turning it over in my mind for a few minutes, I said yes. |
Top Over for transferring or changing
| Buy over | |
| Carry over | |
| Change over | The introduction of the euro was the largest currency changeover ever made. |
| Come over | |
| Cross over | |
| Do over | |
| Go over to | |
| Hand over | Although no online bank has experienced major security problems, handing over money to a bank that exists only in cyberspace is too big of a leap of faith for many people. |
| Make over | |
| Move over | For those of you that don't know me or my Australian story, hubby, two small kiddies and myself moved over to Perth in July 2004. |
| Sign over | |
| Swap over | |
| Switch over | |
| Talk over | |
| Take over | If George dies, who will take over the project? |
| Turn over | |
| Win over |
| Do over | If you had to do it over again, what things would you do differently? |
| Start over | Ever wish you could rewind time and start over? |