Synonyms for work over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wurk

Phonetic Transcription : wɜrk

Top 10 synonyms for work over

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Définition of work over

Origin : Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.

As in inculcate : verb implant, infuse information
As in indoctrinate : verb brainwash
As in interrogate : verb ask pointed questions
As in inveigh : verb blame, denounce
As in inveigle : verb entice, manipulate
As in maul : verb mangle, abuse
As in assail : verb attack, usually with words
As in assault : verb attack
As in persuade : verb cause to believe; convince to do
As in pressure : verb bother, urge
As in question : verb ask for answer
As in reconsider : verb think about again
As in thrash : verb flail about; beat
As in besiege : verb surround; assault
As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
As in propagandize : verb indoctrinate
As in reevaluate : verb reconsider
As in rethink : verb reconsider
As in sweet-talk : verb flatter
As in thresh : verb thrash
As in condition : verb adapt, prepare
As in debrief : verb question
As in defeat : verb conquer in athletic contest
As in flatter : verb compliment excessively
As in hurt : verb cause mental pain

Example sentences :

Sometimes he packed clumsily, and she was obliged to do his work over.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

You can work over Arlt till the crack of doom, and that's all the good it will do him.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

Every day she hoped that she might be called, longing to get the hateful piece of work over.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

This, then, was the meaning of the masons at work over there since yesterday.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various

But there were wilder spirits at work over which he had little control.
Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard

He actually was to turn his work over to another man to finish.
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

With an intensified interest, the coach resumed his work over Ashley.
Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field

I have already spent in my work over a million dollars of my own money.
Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson

The women who are made to work over hours—they want the vote.
Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins

Max, we've just got to work over to the house and help them.
Extract from : « Afloat on the Flood » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Antonyms for work over

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