DO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) OVER


Meaning of DO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) OVER in English

do somebody/something over phrasal verb ( see also ↑ do )

1 . do something ↔ over especially American English to make a place look attractive by decorating it:

The whole apartment had been done over in an Art Deco style.

2 . American English to do something again, especially because you did it wrong the first time:

If you make too many mistakes, you’ll have to do it over.

3 . do something ↔ over British English spoken informal to steal things from a building

4 . British English spoken informal to attack and injure someone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.