overhaulverb [ T ]
uk/ˈəʊ.və.hɔːl/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.hɑːl/to repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should:
I got the engine overhauled.
The government has recently overhauled the healthcare system.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- remediation
- revised
- smooth
- troubleshooting
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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overhaul
noun [ C ] uk/ˈəʊ.vəˌhɔːl/us/ˈoʊ.vɚˌhɑːl/
I took my motorbike in for an overhaul.