making over
Giving new look
Making over is the present participle of make over, meaning to transfer ownership She's making over the deed to her daughter or to renovate and transform They're making over the entire first floor.
The transformation sense dominates in popular culture, where making over typically involves dramatic changes to appearance, wardrobe, or living spaces.
- refashionMake over anew
- redesignCreate anew with changes
- remodelingAltering existing structures
- home improvementUpgrading one's residence
- fixRepair or solution
repurposing · glow-up · new look · before and after · renovate · style · convert · revamping · reinvention · fresh start · beautification · cut · alter · inheritance · passing down · conveyance · restoration · endowment
- reconstructingrebuilding, reassembling, piecing together, putting back, reconstituting
making overleaving alone
Ceasing to disturb
tweaking · preserving · fine-tuning · touching up · tinkering
making overruining
Causing complete destruction
degrading · neglecting · destroying · running down · reverting
making overkeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · withholding · reclaiming · taking back · receiving
over, made, makeup, maker, making, oversee, overtake, overdo, remake