come over something—pass or move over smth.:
- It’s terribly noisy living near the airport, with planes coming over the house all the time.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase overcome something—prevail over smth.; surmount a difficulty, obstacle, etc.:
- The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
go over something—
1. = come over something:
- The crowd cheered as the horse went safely over the last fence.
2. check or examine smth. (to see that it is correct, etc.):
- You’ll have to go over the figures again; they don’t balance out.
3. clean or repair smth.:
- The girl went over the room quickly with a duster.
4. examine smth. thoroughly in order to find smth.:
- The police went over her room three times but found nothing.
5. review or consider smth.:
- Let us go over the facts as we know them.
6. exceed smth.; be more than smth.:
- Your spending should not go over your income.