goingover

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English

Noun

goingover

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of going over
    • 1959, United States Congress House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, Depressed Domestic Mining and Mineral Industries:
      The intent of Congress has often been appraised by our courts, but the long-term schemes of those within and without our executive departments have seldom if ever been exposed to a thorough goingover; that is, with regard to the domestic mining policy.
    • 1973, Barry Faulkner, Barry Faulkner; sketches from an artist's life, page 62:
      McCartan and I gave London a hasty goingover, had a calm Channel crossing, and parted company in Paris, when I went on towards Rome.
    • 1998, Sides Sudyarto D. S., Baliku, →ISBN, page 12:
      No full stops, no cross-outs or goingovers - just telling it like it is, warts and all!.

Usage notes

Some consider this spelling to be incorrect. "Going over" is the more generally accepted form.

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