use of 'do over'

[Musicgold]

Please refer to the following sentence that I read in the transcripts of a meeting. Is the use of ‘to do over’ correct? Or should I replace it with ‘to do that over’?

The portfolio rebalancing that you just announced, should we expect you to continue to do over the next little while?

Thanks,

MG.

[Alan]

Hi MG,

I must admit I am a little confused about your use of 'do over'. To me that can have a slang meaning of 'beat up someone' and also together with 'again' it suggests 'repeat' with a suggestion of redo.

I could suggest a piece I've written for the site on 'do': http://www.english-test.net/lessons/5/index.html

Alan
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[Musicgold]

Thanks.

[Yankee]

Hi musicgold

I also find the sentence a bit confusing. However, I think I might interpret the word 'over' to mean something similar to 'during'. Look at the sentences here:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=56485&dict=CALD
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[MrPedantic]

Yes, I would take it for "during" too.

In written English, the sentence might have been arranged thus:

1. Should we expect you to continue to do | the portfolio rebalancing that you just announced | over the next little while?

But in spoken English, especially in lengthy meetings, especially on humid summer afternoons in workplaces with no proper air conditioning, especially if portfolio rebalancing is on the agenda, after an especially thorough lunch, sometimes the words tend to tumble out in no particular order and for no very good reason at all.

MrP