went over

verb

Definition of went overnext
past tense of go over
as in succeeded
to turn out as planned or desired his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions

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  1. succeeded
  2. went
  3. clicked
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  • The bottom line Last month, stocks succeeded in defying gravity, soaring instead of letting the historical weight of their poor performance in September bring them down.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Some independent filmmakers across the country have succeeded in securing funding and expanding the reach of their films, giving them wider distribution.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of succeeded
Verb
  • Seeing how fast Ukraine went from thousands of drones to millions, things could move quickly.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Silicon Valley walked in like in the way Elon Musk walked into Twitter and went, ‘How many people work here?
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of went
Verb
  • But fans who clicked on an alert, a tweet or even a link shared via text, were shocked to see a cropped image of Payne's lifeless body that was included alongside TMZ's reporting on the One Direction singer's death.
    Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • But fans who clicked on an alert, a tweet or even a link shared via text, were shocked to see a cropped image of Payne's lifeless body alongside TMZ's reporting on the singer's death.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of clicked
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Thesaurus Entries Near went over

went out (with)

went over

went public (with)

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