go over verb 9forms 4 verb9 •To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.Please go over the reports to make sure we haven't missed anything. •To encompass or cover (a subject).In first period, we're going over the basics of cell biology. •To create a response or impression.Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers. •(old-fashioned) To turn out successful; to be well-received.That song really went over with the audience. •To convert or switch sides.He went over to the finance department's side in this dispute. •(old-fashioned) To convert to Roman Catholicism. •To score a try.But in the closing stages Bishop spotted a gap to go over and Hook converted to set up a nervous finish for the Blues, who managed to hold on. — 2010 •To spray paint graffiti over someone else's graffiti. •(slang, old-fashioned) To pat down (someone) and then rob them.That's who went over the butcher. formswent over · gone over · going over · goes over