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going-over
[ goh-ing-oh-ver ]
noun
- a review, examination, or investigation:
The accounts were given a thorough going-over.
- a severe, thorough scolding.
- a sound thrashing; beating:
The hoodlums gave him a good going-over when they found him.
going-over
noun
- a check, examination, or investigation
- a castigation or thrashing
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of going-over1
Example Sentences
We will give it a closer going-over, however, to ensure it鈥檚 a timely topic and isn鈥檛 easily mistaken for a way to drum up business.
He was considered a shoo-in to replace former Speaker John Boehner who quit in disgust and skedaddled back to Ohio after the going-over he received from the newly empowered Freedom Caucus.
鈥淚 got a piece here that I cut out of a newspaper. The editor put it just right. He gives Washington a good going-over for not siding with France.鈥
The sad fact is that my wife, Marion, has been cutting my hair at home for several years now, the little that I have left requiring no more than a quick going-over with the clippers.
It's one thing Ross Wilcox giving you a going-over in public.
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