do over

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do over

/ˈduːˌəʊvə/ UK
/ˈduˌoʊvəɹ/ US

verb does over · doing over · did over · done over

transitive To cover with; to smear or spread on to. [H]e ſeem'd amaz'd at the Sight of our Bark, having never ſeen any thing of that Kind before, for their Boats are moſt wretched Things, ſuch as I never ſaw before, having no Head or Stern, and being made only of the Skins of Goats, ſewed together with dried Guts of Goats and Sheep and done over with
UK, slang, transitive To beat up. If someone tries to do my guitar, and I don't want it to be done, it's between him and me. I don't call in Bill Wyman to come in and do him over for me, with one of his vicious ankle-twisters or Chinese burns.
US, transitive To repeat; to start over.
slang, transitive To rob (someone or a place). Our house got done over last night.

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@misc{do_over_2026,
  title = {do over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}