gone over

verb

Definition of gone overnext
past participle of go over
as in gone
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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  1. gone
  2. clicked
  3. come off
  4. succeeded
Verb
  • Even Larkin has now gone 13 games since his last goal.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This will focus on the season just gone; the next will focus more on 2025.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of gone
Verb
  • So for that to be the one that clicked was just really cool.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Another went to a security guard standing outside Fosters, where the window displays whirred and clicked and clacked out their Christmas scenes.
    Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of clicked
Verb
  • The Rams are coming off a 19-9 victory over the New York Jets, a win highlighted by the return of veteran tight end Tyler Higbee, who scored the go-ahead touchdown on a pass from Matthew Stafford.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But in the online political ecosystem, many of them come off more as fans than as objective observers.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of come off
Verb
  • The massive popular revolt against the 2021 coup, particularly among young people who had thrived during the previous decade, demonstrates that that strategy in fact succeeded, if at enormous cost, as the Myanmar military appears incapable now of reasserting its control nationwide.
    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Could President Yoon have succeeded?
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of succeeded
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gone out (with)

gone over

gone public (with)

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