work over (English, verb)
expansion: work over (third-person singular simple present works over, present participle working over, simple past and past participle worked over)
Senses:
glosses: To improve a prototype, or first draft.
tags: transitive
glosses: To physically attack in order to cause injury.
tags: idiomatic
slang
transitive
glosses: To subject (a person) to a severe scolding, interrogation, beating, etc.
tags: idiomatic
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: works over
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: working over
tags: participle
present
form: worked over
tags: participle
past
form: worked over
tags: past