phrasal verb · neutral
go over
UK/ɡəʊ ˈəʊvə(r)/US/ɡoʊ ˈoʊvər/go·O·VER
speakingtask2
to examine, review, or check something carefully
Examples
“Let's go over your answers before we submit the test.”
“She went over the contract line by line.”
“Can you go over the main points again?”
Band 8 sentence
“Before submission, the team went over the report carefully to eliminate any inconsistencies.”
Collocations
- go over + answers/report
- go over something line by line
- go over the details
Word family
go over verbgoes over verbgoing over verbwent over verb (past)gone over past participle
Common mistakes
I will go over my homework tomorrow night.→I will go over my homework tomorrow.
Can you go through my answers?→Can you go over my answers?
Say it for a higher band
5check→6review→7+go over
Synonyms
review
check
Easily confused
go through
“We need to go through the data to find the error.”
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