work over | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive)Toimproveaprototype, or firstdraft.The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have toworkthemover.; (transitive,slang,idiomatic)To physicallyattackin order to causeinjury.He'll talk, once weworkhimover.; (transitive,slang,idiomatic)Tosubject(a person) to aseverescolding,interrogation,beating, etc.2007, David Rogers,The Printer's Devil, page175:The desk sergeantworked him overpretty good and finally turned him over to the detective squad.

Examples:

EN: Please turn the rest of your work over to Miss Dunfield.
ES: Por favor, pase el resto de su trabajo a la Srta. Dunfield.
EN: Say, listen, Cobb, did you figure on doing... any missionary work over here?
ES: Escucha, Cobb. ¿Piensas hacer trabajo de misionero aquí?
EN: just work over him gently.
ES: Trátale con delicadeza... que entienda que no debe participar mañana.
EN: Are you going to carry on your work over here, Doctor?
ES: ¿Piensa quedarse a trabajar en Norteamérica?
EN: They'll take me up to the castle and work over me like they did to Ferretti.
ES: Me llevarían al castillo, ...y me harían lo que le hicieron a Ferretti.
EN: - She work over at hotel.
ES: - Trabajando en el hotel.
EN: - Charley, Spike work over to his left.
ES: - Charley, Spike...
EN: But surely you wouldn't abandon a lifetime of work over something so petty!
ES: Pero por una pequeñez así no va usted a abandonar tantas cosas dignas de ser vividas.
EN: All I ask is a few suspects to work over. You'll get them.
ES: Todo lo que necesito son unos pocos sospechosos con quienes trabajar.
EN: I work over at the Cavendish Court.
ES: Trabajo en el Cavendish Court.
EN: I just work over at the club and I'm on my way home.
ES: Salí de trabajar del club y me iba a casa.
EN: Remember, guzzler wilkins collapsed, and we had to work over him for an hour. John:
ES: ¡Wilkins se desmayó y no se despertó en una hora!
EN: They live together up on the second floor and work over at edison's leather goods.
ES: Viven en el 2º piso y trabajan en la tienda de cuero de Edison.
EN: I'd only be expanding his work over there.
ES: Yo sólo estaría expandiendo su trabajo por allá.
EN: Well, not only that, but you'd have to work over the suspension, and the steering.
ES: No sólo eso. Habría que cambiar la dirección, la suspensión, muchas cosas.

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