going-over

noun

  1. 1

    An inspection, examination, review, or investigation.

    After the bankruptcy, our accounts were given a thorough going over.
  2. 2

    An overhaul.

  3. 3

    A severe, thorough scolding.

  4. 4

    A sound thrashing, beating.

    When the mob men finally found him, they gave him a good going over that left him clinging to life.

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