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• something over and above — index bonus Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• chew something over — 1. tv. to talk something over. □ Why don’t we do lunch ometime and chew this over? □ We can chew it over at lunch. 2. tv. to think something over. □ I’ll have to chew it over for a while. I’m not sure now …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• think something over — think (something) over to consider something carefully. She really ought to think it over before she quits school. Dunham was looking at me, thinking over what he had heard and deciding what it meant. Usage notes: often used in the form think it… …   New idioms dictionary

• hold something over — hold (something) over to delay something. I d like to hold the presentation over until next week. Several flights were held over because of the storm …   New idioms dictionary

• look something over — look (something) over to examine something carefully. Epstein poked through the stuff inside, carefully picking each thing up and looking it over from all angles. She had her own lawyer look over the agreement …   New idioms dictionary

• talk something over — talk (something) over to discuss something. We should get together and talk this over. They met yesterday to talk over ways of funding the school. Usage notes: usually said about a disagreement or problem …   New idioms dictionary

• turn something over — turn (someone/something) over to put someone or something under the control of someone. As soon as Roger came home his Dad turned him over to the police. Eventually she turned over the company to her son …   New idioms dictionary

• win something over — win (someone/something) over to succeed in changing opinion. The senator made a stirring speech but failed to win over enough votes to pass his bill. The argument she used to win them over was not about who was right and who was wrong …   New idioms dictionary

• fork something over — tv. to hand something over (to someone). □ Okay, fork it over. It’s mine! CD Okay, fork over the dough and be quick about it! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• pick something over — (or pick through) examine or sort through a number of items carefully they picked through the charred remains of their home * * * ˌpick sthˈover | ˌpick ˈthrough sth derived to examine a group of things carefully, especially to choose the ones… …   Useful english dictionary

• put something over — index bilk, dupe, illude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary