phrasal verb · neutral
make over
UK/meɪk ˈəʊvə/US/meɪk ˈoʊvər/MAKE·O·ver
task2speaking
to change something or someone’s appearance or to transfer ownership
Examples
“They made over the old house into a cosy café.”
“He made over his shares to his children last year.”
“The stylist made her over for the photo shoot.”
Band 8 sentence
“The charity made over the derelict school building into a community centre over the summer.”
Collocations
- make over + noun (a house, shares, appearance)
Word family
make verbover particle/adverb
Common mistakes
make over to someone→make over someone/something to someone (or make over something)
make over the house into→make the house over into
Say it for a higher band
5change→6renovate→7+make over
Synonyms
renovate / transform
Easily confused
renovate
“They renovated the apartment before renting it out.”
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