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[over the short haul]

See: [IN THE SHORT RUN].

Contrast: [OVER THE LONG HAUL].

[over the top]  {adv. phr.}

1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy.

The plan was to spend the night in the trenches and go over the top at dawn.

* /Johnny found that he was braver than he thought he would be when his company went over the  […]

[over the traces]

See: [KICK OVER THE TRACES].

[over with(1)]  {prep.}

At the end of; finished with; through with.

They were over with the meeting by ten o'clock.

[over with] (2)  {adj.},  {informal}

At an end; finished.

John knew his mother would scold him for losing the money, and he wanted to get it over with.

[own]

See:

[COME INTO ONE'S OWN],

[DOSE OF ONE'S OWN MEDICINE],

[HOLD ONE'S OWN],

[IN A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN],

[KEEP ONE'S OWN COUNSEL],

[OF ONE'S OWN ACCORD] or [OF ONE'S OWN FREE WILL],

[ON ONE'S OWN ACCOUNT] or [ON ONE'S OWN HOOK],

[ON ONE'S OWN  […]

[own up]  {v.},  {informal}

To take the blame; admit your guilt; confess.

When Mr. Jones asked who broke the window, Johnny owned up.

Mary owned up to having borrowed her sister's sweater.

* /When Mother saw that someone had broken the vase,  […]

[oyster]

See: [WORLD IS ONE'S OYSTER].