Work over meaning
Work over is a phrasal verb that means to attack someone and cause physical injury.
- Past simple
- worked over
- Past participle
- worked over
- -ing form
- working over
What work over means
B2slang
To attack someone and cause physical injury
The gang worked him over and stole his phone.
Similar phrasal verbs
With work: work out, work against/for someone, work at, work off, work on, work through, work up, work up to.
With over: run over, take over, go over to, spill over, tick over, change over, do over, get over, give over, give something over to something/someone.
Common questions
What does work over mean?
To attack someone and cause physical injury.
What is the past tense of work over?
Worked over, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
