In this lesson, students will learn 10 phrasal verbs with ‘over’ and discover what kind of meanings ‘over’ connotates.

Phrasal verbs with over

To sleep at someone's house for a night. 
"While everyone else left, I stayed over to keep
my mother company."

To visit someone in the place where they are. 
"She canceled her plans and came over straight
away, with chocolate ice cream to cheer me up."

To do something again from the beginning. 
"If I had the chance to do it over, I would have
hired a website design expert to help me build my
site."

To begin a new career or way of life. 
"Sometimes I dream of quitting my job and leaving
this town to start over in another place in the
world."

To take control of something.
"Google’s strategy is to take over smaller promising companies and continue developing their products under Google’s logo."

To give something to someone by offering it to them. 
"The two boys scared the old man into handing over his wallet."

To check something carefully. 
"I went over the report at least three times looking for errors, but found nothing."

To consider a problem or decision carefully. 
"He was really surprised by the proposal they offered and asked them to give him a few days to seriously think it over."

To start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happened. 
"It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death."