working over

He told her he was working over Christmas in a secretive military role, training foreign soldiers, but wanted to stay in touch with her during the festive season.

But there is a sense they rely on such off-the-cuff improvisation, rather than the methodical working over and opening up of opponents.

He gave England's Will Stuart a working over in some scrums in the summer.

The government’s plan is that once an employee establishes a pattern of regular working over a 12 week period, an employer would be obliged to offer a regular contract of employment.

Also, a lot of nonprofit leaders have a lot of work to do and they’re working over 40 or 60 hours sometimes to lead their organizations.