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Smart Girl 6725 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What does 'over' mean in this context?

We're over answering such a question.
I'm over talking about this.

Is that normal English expression meaning 'Finished'? please Explain?
  

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Over In those examples mean excessive, beyond what's needed.

  • Over In those examples mean excessive, beyond what's needed.
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Over In those examples mean excessive, beyond what's needed.
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SurferOver In those examples mean excessive, beyond what's needed.
No it doesn't.
Smart Girl 6725We're over answering such a question.I'm over talking about this.Is that normal English expression meaning 'Finished'? please Explain?
It doesn't mean that in British English.
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fivejedjonIt doesn't mean that in British English.
Can you please explain me what is supposed to mean in British English?
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i have finished my answer.
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The intended meanings do seem to be finished, but this use of over sounds very unnatural to me—slangy, even.
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It's rarely used at all in BrE.

It's just about possible to say something like 'I am over losing my job' - meaning I have recovered from (the pain of) losing my job, though I think we'd be more likely to say, 'I have got over the loss of my job'.
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Avidlearner iI have finished my answer.
It does not mean this in BrE; it seems that it is not standard in AmE
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That is modern slang, but the usage seems wrong in your examples. You hear this expression from empty-headed young women on TV, mostly. "I am over something or someone", often "I am so over something or someone", is equivalent to "I have gotten over something or someone". It means that she has relegated it to the past and is no longer enamored by it.

Jill: Are you sti

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