make over

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To create a new physical look, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes

Cindy is going to make over Karen tomorrow.

To transfer ownership, especially by means of a legal document
To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them

We're going to make over the garage into a guest suite.

To improve upon and/or take in a new direction

The senator needs to make over his image.

make new; "She is remaking her image"
use again in altered form; "retread an old plot"
{f} redo; refashion; change a person's appearance by using cosmetics and changing hairdo and style of clothes; remodel; reconstruct completely and renovate something in order to give it a new use; reconstruct or renovate a place (house, neighborhood etc.) in order to improve the appearance or change the image; rework, alter, change; transfer ownership of (by legal document)
makeover
A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation

This room is a mess, it needs a makeover.

make someone over
Give someone a new image with cosmetics, hairstyling etc
makeover
An overall treatment to improve the appearance or change the image
makeover
{i} thorough and complete change of a person's appearance using cosmetics and changing hairdo and style of clothes; remodeling; complete reconstruction or renovation of a thing in order to give it a new use; complete reconstruction and renovation of a place to improve the appearance or to change the image (as of a house, neighborhood, etc.)
makeover
an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance
makeover
If an organization or system is given a makeover, important changes are made in order to improve it. The biggest makeover has been in TV drama
makeover
If a person or room is given a makeover, their appearance is improved, usually by an expert. She received a cosmetic makeover at a beauty salon as a birthday gift
makeover
a complete reconstruction and renovation of something; "the blighted neighborhood underwent a total makeover"
make over

    Turkish pronunciation

    meyk ōvır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmāk ˈōvər/ /ˈmeɪk ˈoʊvɜr/

    Etymology

    [ 'mAk ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High German mahhOn to prepare, make, Greek magEnai to be kneaded, Old Church Slavonic mazati to anoint, smear.
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