How to Use go over in a Sentence

go over

verb
  • But that didn't go over so well.
    — James Hill, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And that just doesn’t go over as well.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This has not gone over well with him.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That hasn’t gone over well with the feds.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The ball hit his glove and went over the fence.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
  • Three of them have gone over the fence, though.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • So a lot of us would go over and pull weeds.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Might not go over so well with his friend and agent.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t go over there, and don’t eat that, that’ll kill you.
    — Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Langdon went over to the front desk.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Then, my daughter went over him fine.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • And then just go over the flow tree for where things are gonna go.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Who says curtains can't go over doors too?
    — Macie Stump, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • Nathan goes over the docking plan with his team.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Might not go over so well with his teammates.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Jett goes over his handle bars and gets pinned by bike.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • Ryan gives himself time to go over parts of the score.
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
  • Suffice it to say, the prank did not go over so well.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t go over the top and try shapes or anything like that.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • The ball went over the fence, didn’t touch the ground, feels like a home run.
    — Kevin Acee, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • More than 2 million gone over the last two years.
    — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But male fans' clean-up duty hasn't gone over that well at home.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • How much do fans really care if a guy or girl goes over?
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • That woman has gone over to the office.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Let’s go over some of the many, many ways this show drops the proverbial ball.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • He was seated on the right side of the back seat when the car went over the cliff.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Her attempt to set boundaries didn’t go over well.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The 18-wheeler has, once again, gone over the cliff.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That project also went over-budget and over-time.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
  • This didn’t go over well with anyone, least of all the rest of Wings.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026

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