make over

verb

1. to transfer the title or possession of (property, etc)
2. to renovate or remodel

   she made over the dress to fit her sister

noun

1. a complete remodelling
2. a series of alterations, including beauty treatments and new clothes, intended to make a noticeable improvement in a person's appearance

Example Sentences

Live to spend it as your brother desired, to make over the old house and reinstate the old name.

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But there are several old farmhouses that could be bought cheap, and they make over as good as new.

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He had another legacy to make over to him, a large iron case fastened with three iron locks.

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It's silk, and a fine piece—I thought when I got it how splendidly it would make over.

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Rajah Gholab Singh to be recognised as an independent sovereign over such territories as the British should make over to him.

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Related Words

• assign
• bring
• carry
• cede
• change
• convert
• deliver
• dispatch
• ferry
• find
• give
• hand over
• move
• pass on
• provide
• relocate
• remove
• sell
• send
• shift