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*over (with)

finished; concluded. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I hope this thing gets over with pretty soon. When will the lecture get over?

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• (all) the world over
• (it's/there's) no use crying over spilt milk
• (there's) no point crying over spilt milk
• a hush fell over
• a question mark over
• a rap across the knuckles
• a roof over head
• a sword of Damocles hangs over (one's) head
• a sword of Damocles hangs over head
• a working over
• after the party is over
• agonize (oneself) over
• agonize over
• all over
• all over (one's) face
• all over (someone)
• all over but the shouting
• all over creation
• all over face
• all over Hell and half of Georgia
• all over hell's half acre
• all over one
• all over someone like a cheap suit
• all over something
• all over the board
• all over the earth
• all over the map
• all over the place
• all over town
• all over with
• all-over oneself
• arch over
• are all over
• arse over tip
• arse over tit
• ask (one) over
• ask over
• ass over teacup
• ass over teakettle
• ass over tit
• at loggerheads
• at odds
• back over
• bargain for
• barter for
• base over apex
• be a huckleberry over (one's) persimmon
• be all over
• be all over the shop
• be hanging over
• be hanging over (one)
• be head over heels
• be head over heels (in love)
• be in over (one's) head
• be in over head
• be one over (the) eight
• be over
• be over (someone or something)
• be over the hill
• be over the hills and far away
• be over the hump
• be over the moon
• be over the top
• be the day hell freezes over
• be water under the bridge
• be written all over face
• bend over
• bend over backwards
• Bend over, here it comes again
• better of
• bind over
• blow over
• boil over
• bowl over
• break over
• bridge over
• brim over
• bring (one) over
• bring over from some place
• bring over some place)
• bring over to
• brood about
• brood over
• browse over
• brush over
• bubble over
• build out over
• call over
• can't get over (something)
• carry forward
• carry over
• carry over from
• carry over to
• cast a pall on
• cast a pall over
• cast a shadow over (some place)
• cast a shadow over (something)
• cast eye over
• change over
• check on
• check over
• chew over
• chew something over
• chew the cud
• chortle about
• chuck over
• chuckle about
• clip over the ear
• cloud over
• come (in) over the transom
• come on over
• come over
• concern oneself about
• control over
• crawl (all) over each other
• Crawl over
• creep over
• cross over
• cross over into some place
• crow about
• crow over
• crow over (something)
• cry over
• cry over spilled milk
• cry over spilt milk
• cry over spilt milk, don't
• dally over
• dash over
• dawdle over
• deliberate over
• distribute over
• do a dump on someone/something
• do over
• done over
• don't cry over spilled milk
• double over
• drag over the coals
• drape oneself over
• drape over
• draw a veil over
• draw over
• draw the curtain over (something)
• drive over
• drool all over someone/something
• drool over
• drool over someone/something
• drop by
• drop over
• dub over
• dump all over someone/something
• exercise power over
• extend over
• exult at
• fall all over
• fall all over oneself
• fall head over heels
• fall head over heels in love
• fall over
• fall over backward
• fall over backwards
• fall over oneself
• fawn over
• fight over
• film over
• fire over
• fix over
• fling (one's) bonnet over the windmill
• fling (one's) cap over the windmill
• fling (one's) hat over the windmill
• flip over
• flip over someone/something
• flop over
• flow over
• flutter over
• fly over
• fog over
• fold over
• fork over
• fork over the dough
• fork something over
• freeze over
• fret about
• frost over
• frosted over
• fuck over
• fuck someone over
• fucked over
• fume about
• fuss over
• gain dominion over
• get (something) over with
• get in over (one's) head
• get it over with
• get leg over
• get one over on
• get over
• get over (something)
• get over and done with
• get over it
• Get over it!
• get over with
• get the advantage of
• Get your ass over here!
• Get your buns over here!
• Get your butt over here!
• give a once-over
• give oneself over to
• give over
• give someone a good working over
• give someone a working over
• give someone the once-over
• give the eye
• give the once-over
• glance over
• glass over
• glaze over
• glazed drunk
• glazed over
• gloat over
• gloss over
• go ape over someone/something
• go apeshit over someone/something
• go over
• go over big
• go over head
• go over like a lead balloon
• go over the hill
• go over the hills and far away
• go over the wall
• go over with a bang
• go over with a fine-tooth comb
• going over
• grieve over
• grow over
• gush over
• haggle over
• half seas over
• Hand it over
• hand over
• hand over fist
• hand over hand
• hand over the baton
• hand over the reins
• hang over
• hash over
• haul (someone) over the coals
• haul over to
• have a hold over
• have hanging over head
• have it
• have it over
• have name written all over it
• have one over (the) eight
• have over
• have over a barrel
• have the edge on
• head over heels
• head over heels in debt
• head over heels in love
• heal over
• hesitate over
• hold over
• hold sway over
• honeymoon is over, the
• hover over
• hunch over
• hung over
• hush fell over
• I can't get over
• ice over
• in deep
• in over head
• in over one's head
• inch over
• invite over
• it ain't over till/until it's over
• it ain't over till/until the fat lady sings
• It is all over with
• It's all over bar the shouting
• It's all over but the shouting
• it's all over with
• It's no good crying over spilt milk
• It's no use crying over spilled milk
• It's not over till it's over
• It's not over until the fat lady sings
• It's written all over face
• jerk around
• jerk someone around
• jerk someone over
• jump all over
• jump all over someone
• jump over
• jump over the broomstick
• keel over
• keep watch
• keep watch over
• kick over
• kick over the traces
• knock (someone) over with a feather
• knock back a drink
• knock for a loop
• knock one over
• knock over
• knock over something
• knock over with a feather
• labor over
• lament over
• languish over
• lap over
• lay over
• lean over
• lean over backwards
• leap over
• like death warmed over
• linger over
• live above
• live over
• loiter over
• long haul
• look like death
• look over
• looking over shoulder
• lord it over
• lose sleep over
• make (one) turn over in (one's) grave
• make a check over to
• make a fuss
• make over
• mess over
• mess someone over
• mind over matter
• mist over
• moon about
• mourn for
• move over
• mull over
• muse over
• My cup runneth over
• noodle over
• once hell freezes over
• once over lightly
• once-over
• once-over-lightly
• one over (the) eight
• over
• over a barrel
• over again
• over against
• over and above
• over and done with
• over and out
• over and over
• over easy
• over head
• over my dead body
• Over my dead body!
• over one’s head
• over one's head
• over shoes, over boots
• over the counter
• over the course of
• over the edge
• over the hill
• over the hills and far away
• over the hump
• over the hump 1
• over the line
• over the long haul
• over the long term
• over the moon
• over the short haul
• over the short term
• over the top
• over the transom
• over the wall
• over there
• over with
• over-egg the pudding
• overstay (one's) welcome
• overstep (one's)/its mark
• overstep the bounds (of something)
• paint over
• pan over
• paper over
• paper over something
• paper over the cracks
• part over
• party's over
• party's over, the
• pass away
• pass by
• pass over
• pave over
• pay over the odds
• peek over
• peep over
• peer over
• pick over
• picked over
• pine after
• pitch over
• plank over
• plaster over
• play over
• poise over
• pop around
• pop over (for a visit)
• pore over
• pour over
• pray over
• precedence over
• preside over
• pull a fast one
• pull down over
• pull one over on
• pull over
• pull the wool over eyes
• pull the wool over someone's eyes
• push over
• push over the edge
• put one over on
• put over
• put over knee
• put over on
• put over the top
• put something over on
• puzzle over
• quarrel over
• question mark over
• quibble over (something)
• quit over
• rage over
• rake over
• rake over old coals
• rake over the ashes
• rake over the coals
• range over
• rap over the knuckles
• rave over
• read over
• reign over
• rejoice over
• relinquish over
• remand to the custody of
• retain over
• rhapsodize over
• ride over
• ride roughshod over
• roll (over) in (one's) grave
• roll over
• roll over and play dead
• roll over in grave
• romp on
• roof over
• roof over (one's) head
• roof over one's head, a
• rub over
• rule over
• run back over
• run down
• run eye over
• run over
• run over to
• run over with
• run roughshod over (someone or something)
• salivate over
• say over
• scab over
• scar over
• scoot over
• scoot over to
• screw over
• screw someone over
• see over
• send over
• send over some place
• set over
• shove over
• sign over
• sit in judgment on
• skate over
• skim over
• skip over
• slave over
• sled over
• sleep over
• slide over
• slip one over on
• slip over
• slip over on
• slip something over on
• slobber over
• slop over
• slosh over
• slouch over
• slump over
• slur over
• smooth over
• sorrow over
• spill over