make over

verb5

1. •
   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. •
   (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. •
   (of a career, public image, etc.) To improve upon or take in a new direction.

   • The senator needs to make over his image.
4. •
   To transfer ownership (or care) of, especially by means of a legal document.

   • Limestone from the quarries at Warcop and Merrygill to Tees-side is now worked on to the former Midland Railway at Appleby and down the Eden Valley to Carlisle, where it is made over to the N.E.R. — 1962
5. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) To praise (someone) excessively.