do over

Speech parts

1. do over - Noun

2. do over - Verb

Meaning

(transitive) To cover with; to smear or spread on to.

(transitive, Britain, slang) To beat up.

(transitive, US) To repeat; to start over.

do-over (plural do-overs)

(US, childish) A repeat of a previous activity, with the hope of greater success.

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After Zimmer's death, Campbell was given the task of editing and posthumously publishing Zimmer's papers, which he would do over the following decade. Source: Internet

Bumrah bowls a no-ball on the sixth attempt, and his do-over costs him two more runs via a misfield at cover as Burns drives. Source: Internet

And here is our Arsenal boff Sam Dean explaining what the Gunners need to do over the next few weeks and months. Source: Internet

Five penguin species including the Magellanic penguin breed on the islands as do over 60% of the global black-browed albatross population. Source: Internet

Computability theory The first result of computability theory is that it is impossible in general to predict what a Turing-complete program will do over an arbitrarily long time. Source: Internet

Still smarting over his botched ceremonial pitch at the opening game between the Yankees and the Nationals, Dr. Anthony Fauci is open for a do-over at Citi Field, according to a report. Source: Internet

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