OVER
In many cases, over refers to a curved movement (either literal or figurative), rather like the shape of an arch (e.g. to walk over a bridge), or the movement described by an airplane relative to somebody observing it on the ground. This is particularly true of Meanings 1 and 2 (see below).
Meanings:
1. Over refers to any movement from one side to the other. This can be a physical movement (e.g. walk over) or a figurative one, as when transferring control of something from one person to another (e.g. to take over). ‘He tried to jump over the stream, but he slipped and fell into the water’.
Bring, carry, climb, come, come (to), cross, fly, get, go, hand, help, jump, make, nove, reach, roll, run, take, throw, trip, turn, walk, win over.
2. To fall or lose an upright position. To cause to fall or to be overwhelmed. ‘She knocked over and broke a priceless vase’.
Bend, bowl, fall, knock, push, roll, run, stumble, tip, trip, turn over.
3. To revise, consider or inspect. ‘I’d like to look over that letter before you send it off’.
Chew, go, look, read, run, talk over.
4. Over can mean to exceed a maximum high point. Here, it usually refers to the flow of liquids, but it can also refer to such things as emotions. ‘Switch off the gas - the water has started to boil over!’.
Chew, go, look, read, run, talk over.
5. Over can mean to be finished or completed. However, in this sense it is usually used with the verb “to be”. ‘The show is over. Let’s go out and get a drink’.
Be, blow, get, pass over.
6. Other meanings of over... ‘The machine is still ticking over, but it won’t last much longer’.
Come, do, hold , pass, pull, stop, tick, tide, watch over.