as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired
his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions
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Recent Examples of go over
The Boys & Girls Club donation counter Bargatze spoke ahead of the show about his effort to keep speeches on time by subtracting from a $100,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Club every time someone went over.
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Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The kicker is that all those runs came with just one ball going over the fence for a homer this weekend.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
It was overall met with criticism online, as viewers wanted to see the award winners give their full acceptance speeches and not be penalized for going over.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
This was the start of many long conversations, and our classes often went over, but no one complained.
—Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The kicker is that all those runs came with just one ball going over the fence for a homer this weekend.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
It was overall met with criticism online, as viewers wanted to see the award winners give their full acceptance speeches and not be penalized for going over.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
This was the start of many long conversations, and our classes often went over, but no one complained.
—Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go over
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Bryan Seabury, who succeeded McNamara as head of drama in 2016, continues to lead the studio’s drama team; Kate Adler who ran comedy at the time, continues to do so.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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Now, a team of international astronomers has succeeded in deciphering the gravitational wave signal, GW190412, to determine more about the collision and the resulting event that sent an infant black hole hurtling through space.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Lucky went 1,500 days in the shelter without being adopted, then everything changed.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Before all that happened, though, there was the eight-course dinner, which went totally fine as predicted.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Women in brightly colored dresses danced in shoes that loudly clicked across the floor.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Then click Manage Subscriptions.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In the eighth inning, Max Muncy, who in his previous at-bat got his first hit since coming off the IL with an oblique injury, which followed his being on the IL with a knee injury, got hit on the wrist by a 92 MPH sinker.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Lynx also have possibly the best on-ball defender in the league in former Stanford standout DiJonai Carrington coming off the bench.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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If Purdy isn’t available for the 49ers, his backup is veteran Mac Jones, the New England Patriots’ 2021 first-round pick who didn’t pan out.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But Julianne and Derek also have three sisters who had an early interest in the entertainment industry that never panned out.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Go over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20over. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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