as in succeeded
to turn out as planned or desired
his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions
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Recent Examples of went over
The latter was an infamously chaotic production that went over budget and saw Scorsese clash with producer Harvey Weinstein.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
For this Voter Guide story, the Idaho Statesman sent surveys to each of the candidates, and their responses are presented below, unedited, except to shorten when candidates went over the 100-word limit.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
In a note on Monday, market veteran Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, went over his earlier bullish calls on gold, which has repeatedly reached his forecasts ahead of schedule.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
The car crashed and went over the bridge, falling into the water below.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Kent went over in a 31-28 loss to Buffalo, while UMass’ first conference game of its second life in the conference was a 21-3 loss to Western Michigan last week.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Her vehicle went over the centerline and went off the road, hitting a tree, police said.
—Fox19 Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
At last the cows nearest the top of the mountain turned and went over the ridge, single file.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
However, the money pot would diminish for every speech that went over the 45-second allotted time for the Emmy recipients.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
For this Voter Guide story, the Idaho Statesman sent surveys to each of the candidates, and their responses are presented below, unedited, except to shorten when candidates went over the 100-word limit.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
In a note on Monday, market veteran Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, went over his earlier bullish calls on gold, which has repeatedly reached his forecasts ahead of schedule.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
The car crashed and went over the bridge, falling into the water below.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Kent went over in a 31-28 loss to Buffalo, while UMass’ first conference game of its second life in the conference was a 21-3 loss to Western Michigan last week.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Her vehicle went over the centerline and went off the road, hitting a tree, police said.
—Fox19 Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
At last the cows nearest the top of the mountain turned and went over the ridge, single file.
—Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
However, the money pot would diminish for every speech that went over the 45-second allotted time for the Emmy recipients.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went over
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The break-up, announced in January, was a surprise because Carter, who succeeded Paul Keel as chief executive in March 2024, had run both Smiths Detection and Smiths Interconnect earlier in his career and some investors perceived him as wedded to them.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Wearables succeeded not just by measuring physiology, but by creating feedback loops that made invisible processes visible and actionable.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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After previously awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants to organizations around the country were canceled in April, Wisconsin Humanities went into survival mode and launched an emergency fundraising campaign.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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On the beauty front, Nader styled her blond hair in loose waves and went with a dewy makeup look.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That hasn’t worked out so well either.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Very real small-scale physics effects, like dynamical heating, star-formation and feedback, and nonlinear effects must be worked out and accounted for.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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Jerami Grant came off the bench for 29 points, hitting 4-of-7 from deep, while Deni Avdija added 20 points and Shaedon Sharpe tossed in 15.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Stock futures initially pointed to further sharp declines Friday, but came off their lows after a couple of positive analyst reports on Jefferies and Zions Bancorp.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their running game clicked, too.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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Fans who clicked early enough were treated to Biebz playing hoops, then billiards.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
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