work someone over Idiom

all over but the shouting

(See it's all over but the shouting)

all over hell's half acre

all over the place, everywhere I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell's half acre.

ass over teakettle

falling over backwards, head over heels The cowboy knocked him off his feet - ass over teakettle!

be over

" be finished; end."

below the poverty line

not earning enough to survive, very poor, as poor as a church mouse If husband and wife are earning minimum wage, they're living below the poverty line.

bend over backwards

do anything to help, try to please, go the extra mile They'll bend over backwards to find a room for you. They give excellent service.

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow me over

"it is unbelievable; far out" He's over 50? Well, blow me over!

blow my cover

reveal my true identity, reveal my hiding place With a false passport, I can enter Bali, if nobody blows my cover.

blow over

die down or calm down The problem with the lost invoices has finally blown over and everyone is working hard again.

work over

1. To alter or activate article afresh in adjustment to advance it. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "work" and "over." To be honest, your apriorism is such a blend that I would advance alive it over from scratch. Taking my editor's addendum onboard, I began alive over the aboriginal abstract of my latest novel.2. To accountable addition to acute exact or concrete assault. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "work" and "over." Man, the bang-up absolutely formed me over for messing up that client's account. The mafia baton beatific a brace of goons to assignment over the attestant so that she wouldn't affirm in court.3. To absolutely best, overpower, or boss addition or something, as in a conflict. The home aggregation formed over their opponents from the alpha of the bold beeline through to the end. Many feel that the agent formed the admiral over in the debate.Learn more: over, work

work addition over

1. tv. to threaten, intimidate, or exhausted someone. Bruno had formed over Terry, and Sam knew that this was no abandoned threat.
2. tv. to accord someone’s anatomy a absolute assay or treatment. The doctors formed her over to the tune of $1,500 but couldn’t acquisition annihilation amiss with her. Learn more: over, someone, work

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