"make over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make over.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes over [present, singular, third-person], making over [participle, present], made over [participle, past], made over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> over}} make over (third-person singular simple present makes over, present participle making over, simple past and past participle made over)
  1. (idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them. Tags: idiomatic Translations (To renovate): преправям (prepravjam) (Bulgarian), reformar (Catalan), relooker (French), renovieren (German), aufarbeiten (German), überarbeiten (German), instandsetzen (German), umgestalten (German), reformar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-make_over-en-verb-qVrB1~jk Disambiguation of 'To renovate': 86 5 6 2
  2. (idiomatic) (of a person, particularly a woman) To give a new physical look to, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-make_over-en-verb-Gk01J9BN
  3. (idiomatic) (of a career, public image, etc.) To improve upon or take in a new direction. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-make_over-en-verb-h4Fi69yX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 15 51 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 9 16 48 28
  4. (idiomatic) To transfer ownership (or care) of, especially by means of a legal document. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-make_over-en-verb-2g2--iSF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: makeover [noun]

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "prepravjam",
      "sense": "To renovate",
      "word": "преправям"
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      "sense": "To renovate",
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      "sense": "To renovate",
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      "sense": "To renovate",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To renovate",
      "word": "aufarbeiten"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To renovate",
      "word": "überarbeiten"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To renovate",
      "word": "instandsetzen"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To renovate",
      "word": "umgestalten"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "To renovate",
      "word": "reformar"
    }
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