making over

Verb

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.
   • We're going to make over the garage into a guest suite.
2. (idiomatic) (of a person, particularly a woman) To give a new physical look to, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes.
   • Cindy is going to make over Karen tomorrow.
3. (idiomatic) (of a career, public image, etc.) To improve upon or take in a new direction.
   • The senator needs to make over his image.
4. (idiomatic) To transfer ownership (or care) of, especially by means of a legal document.
   • As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
5. (dated, slang, African-American Vernacular) To praise (someone) excessively.