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write over

VERB

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Synonyms

STRONGEST

adapt alter analyze annotate arrange assemble censor choose compile compose delete prepare publish rearrange revise select

STRONG

amplify assign blue pencil butcher check condense correct cut discard doctor draft emend excise feature fine-tune finish massage polish prescribe proofread rectify redact regulate rehash rephrase report scrub style tighten trim

WEAK

boil down fly speck go over make up put together recalibrate set up strike out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disarrange disorder disorganize disperse disturb scatter separate

STRONG

indulge keep ruin spoil worsen

Example Sentences

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The palimpsest effect is protective, as we mentally write over old loves and experiences with new ones so that pains get reduced, replaced and outnumbered.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2021

"I just wanted her to be free. If she wanted to have her friends over and write over the walls with pen, that was fine," she said.

From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2021

Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2020

“I would write over them, or take moments, and I would change them, but I felt like, ‘I get to keep her spirit in the world.’”

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2016

Of course I have had to use both sides and write over the music, but I wrote very lightly in pencil between the notes, because someone may want to play it again someday.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

write over

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