adverb
over
again
He starts over after spilling paint on the drawing.
Etymology
The word’s movement sense developed a use for going through an activity again. Doing something over means traversing the task for another attempt.
More examples
- Please read that paragraph over.
- We did the scene over.
- She played the recording over and over.
Forms
over
Similar words
- again
- The ordinary alternative for repeating an action.