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Do over

//ˈduːˌəʊvə(ɹ)// verb, slang

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  1. 1
    To cover with; to smear or spread on to. transitive

    "[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 a kind of ſlimy Stuff like Roſin and Oil, but of a moſt nauſeous, odious Smell, […]"

  2. 2
    To beat up. British, slang, transitive

    "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."

  3. 3
    To repeat; to start over. US, transitive
  4. 4
    To rob (someone or a place). transitive

    "Our house got done over last night."

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