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[over and done with]{adj. phr.} Finished; completed; forgotten. •/Norm and Meg’s affair has been over and done with for a long time./

[overboard] See: GO OFF THE DEEP END or GO OVERBOARD.

[overhead]{n.} Expenses incurred in the upkeep of one’s plant and premises, employees' salaries, etc., which are not due to the cost of individual items or products. •/"Our overhead is killing us!" the used car lot owner complained. "We have to move to a cheaper place."/

[overnight]{adj.} 1. From one evening until the next morning. •/We could drive from Chicago to Detroit in one day, but it would be more comfortable if we stayed overnight in a motel./ 2. Rapidly. •/When Tom won the lottery he became a rich man overnight./

[over one’s dead body]{adv. phr.}, {informal} Not having the ability to stop something undesirable from taking place. •/"You will get married at age sixteen over my dead body!" Jane’s father cried./

[over one’s head]{adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Not understandable; beyond your ability to understand; too hard or strange for you to understand. •/Mary laughed just to be polite, but the joke was really over her head./ •/The lesson today was hard; it went over my head./ Compare: BEYOND ONE’S DEPTH. 2. To a more important person in charge; to a higher official. •/When Mary’s supervisor said no, Mary went over her head to the person in charge of the whole department./ •/If Johnny can’t get what he wants from his big sister, he goes over her head and asks his mother./ 3. See: HANG OVER ONE’S HEAD.

[over spilled milk] See: CRY OVER SPILLED MILK.

[over the coals] See: HAUL OVER THE COALS or RAKE OVER THE COALS.

[over the hill]{adj.}, {informal} Past one’s prime; unable to function as one used to; senile. •/Poor Mr. Jones is sure not like he used to be; well, he’s over the hill./

[over the hump]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Past the most difficult part; past the crisis; out of danger. •/Mary was failing math, but she is over the hump now./ •/John was very sick after his accident, hut he’s over the hump./ •/When Mr. Smith was out of work it looked as if his family would have to go on relief, but they got over the hump./

[over the long haul] See: IN THE LONG RUN. Contrast: OVER THE SHORT HAUL.

[over the short haul] See: IN THE SHORT RUN. Contrast: OVER THE LONG HAUL.

[over the top]{adv. phr.} 1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy. •/The plan was to spend the night in the trenches and go over the top at dawn./ •/Johnny found that he was braver than he thought he would be when his company went over the top./ 2. Over the goal. •/Our goal was to collect a half million dollars for the new school building, but we went over the top./ •/Mary was asked to sell twenty tickets, and she went over the top./

[over the traces] See: KICK OVER THE TRACES.

[over with(1)]{prep.} At the end of; finished with; through with. •/They were over with the meeting by ten o’clock./ •/By Saturday Mary will be over with the measles./