going-over

NOUN
  1. a careful and thorough inspection
  2. a severe scolding
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How To Use going-over In A Sentence

  • Michael was given a complete going-over and then treated for glandular fever.
  • Nowhere has that idea received a more intriguing going-over than in the recently published book The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes, by molecular biologist Dean Hamer.
  • A quick going-over reveals all screws and mounting bolts seem to be tight, which is an important check before you run a car like this.
  • Michael was given a complete going-over and then treated for glandular fever.
  • Their boats - everything from aluminum flatbottoms to airboats to big center-consoles - will need a major going-over with a pressure washer and a good disinfectant.
  • The media gave his personal life a pretty firm going-over.
  • Michael was given a complete going-over and then treated for glandular fever.
  • The gang gave him a real going-over.
  • I kept an eye on the desk during the rest of the inspection period, but it no one gave the piece a thorough going-over.
  • It was neat as a new pin and showed no signs of the going-over it had suffered when Newman was last there.
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