Phrasal Verbs

Infinitive: go over
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
go over & goes over
going over
went over
gone over
1. go over (to) p.v. When people move from where you are to a place, thing, or person that is
farther away from you, they go over or go over to that place, thing, or person.
I’m busy. Go back over there and stop bothering me.
I was hot, so Maria went over to the window and opened it.
2. go over (to) p.v. When you go to someone’s house for a visit, you go over or go over to
that person’s house.
Have you gone over to Nicole’s house to see her new baby yet?
I went over to Erik’s for dinner last night.
3. go over p.v. When you carefully read or review important written material, you go over it.
Here’s a magazine article I just finished writing. Go over it and tell me what you
think.
The actor went over his lines before the audition.
going-over n. When you examine or inspect something carefully, you give it a going-
over.
I gave his report a good going-over and found a lot of mistakes.
4. go over p.v. When you carefully explain something, usually something that is complicated
but important, you go over it.
Before the trial Hank and his lawyer went over what Hank was going to say.
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No one understood the manager’s plan after he explained it, so he went back over
it.
5. go over p.v. When an idea, suggestion, or performance is accepted and liked by other
people, it goes over.
Senator Dolittle’s plan to raise taxes didn’t go over with the voters.
The singer’s performance went over well with the critics.