GOES OVER Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

goes over

verb

present tense third-person singular of go over

as in succeeds

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 goes over When the eye of a hurricane or tropical storm goes over land, that point is called landfall. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Occasionally, the suicide seems to be spur of the moment; a depressed person sees a high section without a guardrail and goes over. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Hollywood Drift’s visual drama will be out the front, with the stretch that goes over the CityWalk sidewalk, well beyond the path that Rockit took. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 As for how her position on Disney and the FCC goes over with her colleagues, Gomez is more circumspect. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 That means that either the bike has an electric motor that goes over 750 watts of power or can go faster than 20 mph on solely motor power. — Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026 Below, Wiseman goes over each area of Paramount+’s programming strategy. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 In that same spirit of excess, there’s an extra scene in the end credits that goes over like a lead balloon. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026 However, the show goes over Tamra’s 40 years as a parent and shows images of her kids throughout the years, including a brief glimpse of her daughter Sydney as a youngster. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026

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Larger, who joins from investment bank Lazard Frères, succeeds Paul Michon, who left Kering to join Renault Group as corporate communications director.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Long succeeds David Weigand, who will help with the transition.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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In Whalefall, written and directed by Brian Duffield, Jay (Abrams) goes diving in the Pacific Ocean to find the remains of his late father Mitt (Josh Brolin), who took his own life a year before amid a terminal illness.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Based on Greaves’ short story, One Night Out centers on a married couple who head out to enjoy a rare date night when their babysitter goes missing.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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Marie Callender’s Chicken Pot Pies Another freezer classic, and another that comes with eight in a box, which works out to under $2 a pie.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Oct. 2026
The director had rather surprisingly bragged that the film features around 50 jump scares, which works out to around one every two minutes.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026