Moving, Visiting, or Staying (Over): English Vocabulary List

to invite someone to come to one's house

"Ask him over for dinner."

"I asked over a few friends for dinner on Saturday night to celebrate my promotion at work."

to move from one side or place to another

"Cross over the bridge carefully."

"The hikers crossed over the mountain pass just before the snowstorm made it impossible to continue."

to bend forward at the waist, typically due to laughter, pain, or a strong emotional reaction

"He doubled over in pain."

"He doubled over in pain after being hit in the stomach by the stray soccer ball."

to receive someone as a guest at one's home

"We will have friends over tonight."

"We plan to have some friends over for dinner on Saturday night to celebrate my birthday."

to ask someone to come to one's home or a specific location

"We invited them over for dinner."

"We invited our new neighbors over for coffee so that we could get to know them better."

to adjust one's position to create space for others

"Please move over a little bit."

"Please move over a little so that I can sit down next to you on this crowded bus."

to cause something to rotate, typically by pushing it with one's hands

"Roll over onto your side."

"The dog rolled over onto its back to ask for a belly rub from its owner."

to stay at a place overnight

"She sleeps over at her friend's house."

"My daughter asked if her friend could sleep over at our house on Friday night."

to spend the night at a particular location, typically away from one's own residence

"Stay over at home."

"The roads were too icy to drive so we decided to stay over at my parents' house for the night."

to make a brief stop in the course of a journey, usually as a break

"We stop over in Chicago overnight."

"We decided to stop over in Chicago for one night before continuing our flight to New York."

to continue or move from one situation to the next

"The balance carries over monthly."

"The unused vacation days will carry over to the next year so you do not have to use them all now."

to come to someone's house in order to visit them for a short time

"Come over to my house tonight."

"Why do not you come over to my house for dinner on Friday night?"