GOING-OVER (goings-over)

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Irregular inflected form: goings-over   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does going-over mean? 

• GOING-OVER (noun)
  The noun GOING-OVER has 2 senses:

1. a careful and thorough inspection

2. a severe scolding

  Familiarity information: GOING-OVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOING-OVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A careful and thorough inspection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("going-over" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A severe scolding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bawling out; castigation; chewing out; dressing down; earful; going-over; upbraiding

Hypernyms ("going-over" is a kind of...):

rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)