do over: transitive verb informal ① [do sb over] British 痛打 tòngdǎ ▸ they did him over for no reason whatsoever 他们无缘无故痛打了他一顿 ② [do sth over] (ransack) 寻遍 xúnbiàn ▸ thieves had done over the entire house 盗贼翻遍了整栋房子 ③ [do sth over] US (redo) 重做 chóngzuò ▸ the teacher told her to do it over (again) 老师让她重做一遍 |