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Meanings of work over in English

Catalan
picar
Spanish
golpear

To give a beating to; subject to a punishment or an act of aggression.

        picar
        Usage of work over in English
        1
        I have become aware of her great work over the past year.
        The Irish Times
        2
        That's been the motivator of my work over the last few years.
        The Guardian
        3
        Micah Bucey is surprised by how well guided meditations work over Zoom.
        Wired
        4
        But a sanction program can only work over the medium- and long-term.
        Reuters
        5
        So he could get his ignominious work over quickly in the morning.
        Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
        6
        Lessons and work over, the day began for me in joyful earnest.
        When Grandmamma Was New: The Story of a Virginia Childhood
        7
        It was not pleasure, but hard work over at the yard to-day.
        A Little Girl in Old Boston
        8
        Never work over or pick from the plants while they are wet.
        Home Vegetable Gardening / A Complete and Practical Guide to the...
        9
        The great surgeons would work over him, and he would walk again.
        Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
        10
        Let him get his hard work over, and then we will see.
        En Route
        11
        Was it the kind of work over which our hearts should melt?
        Letters to Dead Authors
        12
        What are some of the fruits of our mission work over there?
        Modern Persia
        13
        She'll only bring her work over, and go home for her dinner.
        Lo, Michael!
        14
        He continued to work over Tom, who just then opened his eyes.
        The Rover Boys at College; Or, The Right Road and the Wrong
        15
        What can work in the Far East will not always work over here.
        The Irish Times
        16
        Sill the Scottish can be very pleased with their work over 40 minutes.
        The Guardian
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        Translations for work over
        Work over through the time
        Work over across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common