work over
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works over
Present Participle
working over
Past Tense
worked over
Past Participle
worked over
1
to subject an individual to physical punishment or aggression by beating them
- The bullies decided to work him over after school for standing up to them.
- The security personnel warned that they would work over anyone caught trespassing.
- The police arrived just in time to prevent the mob from working over the suspect before questioning him.
- In certain prison environments, inmates may form alliances to protect each other from being worked over by other inmates.
- The rival teams got into a heated argument, and it almost escalated to them working each other over.
2
to refine the first version of a product, design, or concept
- The engineer worked over the schematic to optimize the circuit design.
- Working over the prototype is a crucial step in the product development process.
- After the initial test, the team decided to work the product over for better performance.
- Let's work over the proposal to ensure it meets all the client's requirements.
- We need to work over the software to address the identified bugs.