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make over
verb
- to transfer the title or possession of (property, etc)
- to renovate or remodel
she made over the dress to fit her sister
noun
- a complete remodelling
- a series of alterations, including beauty treatments and new clothes, intended to make a noticeable improvement in a person's appearance
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Live to spend it as your brother desired, to make over the old house and reinstate the old name.
But there are several old farmhouses that could be bought cheap, and they make over as good as new.
He had another legacy to make over to him, a large iron case fastened with three iron locks.
It's silk, and a fine piece—I thought when I got it how splendidly it would make over.
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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