make sb/sth over
mainly US— phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made
to improve something or someone by working on or changing various parts:
Ed Carey has been chosen to make over the losing football team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- patch sth up
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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