Synonyms for work over
work over

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1. work oververb

   To improve a prototype, or first draft.

   The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over.

   Synonyms:
   rework, polish

2. work oververb

   To physically attack in order to cause injury.

   He'll talk, once we work him over.

   Synonyms:
   beat up

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1. beat, beat up, work oververb

   give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

   "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

   Synonyms:
   exhaust, stupefy, baffle, stick, perplex, vanquish, rally, get, drum up, mystify, flummox, beat, outwit, circumvent, tick, nonplus, trounce, pulsate, drum, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, beat out, gravel, thump, ticktack, outsmart, thrum, ticktock, amaze, quiver, pound, puzzle, overreach, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, wash up, outfox, pose, scramble, shell

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1. Andrew Berry:

   We look forward to having Deshaun as our starting quarterback. We have done extensive investigative, legal and reference work over the past several months to provide us with the appropriate information needed to make an informed decision about pursuing him and moving forward with him as our quarterback.

2. Med Jones:

   The forces of the Power Cycles work over time to distributes the power and wealth among nations. Every nation and every political party must go through the cycles of expansion and contraction. This is true for all past, current and future powers. The only difference is that this power cycle got accelerated tremendously with the introduction of the Internet and global communications.

3. Rory McIlroy:

   To do all that hard work over the first 12 holes, and then to lose it in two holes, 13 and 14 was disappointing.

4. Troy Vincent:

   Their body of work over the course of a 17-game season has earned them the honor of officiating the biggest game on the world’s biggest stage, they are the best of the best.

5. Andrea Syrtash:

   Couplesdon't need to do everything together; but a couple can't lead separate lives if they want their marriage to work over the long-term, they shouldn't be co-dependent or too independent -- they should be interdependent.