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What does "go over" mean?



 
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What does "go over" mean? #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:45 am   What does "go over" mean?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #164 "Idioms with go", question 6

Indonesia's fuel subsidies could ......... 100 trillion Rupiah ($9.6 billion) due to high prices and fuel scarcity in parts of the world's fourth most populous country, its president said on Tuesday.

(a) go on
(b) go over
(c) go out
(d) go off

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #164 "Idioms with go", answer 6

Indonesia's fuel subsidies could go over 100 trillion Rupiah ($9.6 billion) due to high prices and fuel scarcity in parts of the world's fourth most populous country, its president said on Tuesday.

Correct answer: (b) go over

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Indonesia's fuel subsidies could go on 100 trillion Rupiah ($9.6 billion) due to high prices and fuel scarcity in parts of the world's fourth most populous country, its president said on Tuesday.
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what does go over mean ? i just confued cuz in some of the sentence, it does not make sense.

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Go over #2 (permalink) Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:03 am   Go over
 

Hi sylvia,

The meaning of go over in this sentence is exceed/be more than.

Banks will sometimes let you spend more money than you actually have in your account and they call this an overdraft but they fix the limit and you must not go over that limit - you must not spend more than that limit.

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