warm over verb3 •To reheat food that was previously cooked.If you have fried mush left in slices from breakfast, it can be warmed in the oven and made as good as new, or cold fried eggs can be warmed over, or new ones boiled in a trice. — 1873 •(figurative) To present an unoriginal and hackneyed idea; to rehash. •(figurative) To fill with warmth and cozinessor these acts-Natalie Cole, Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton, Harry Connick Jr.-love can still conquer all, and cozy traditionalism warms over all of life. — 1991 formswarmed over · warming over · warms over