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Make something over to someone meaning

Make something over to someone is a phrasal verb that means to legally transfer money, land, or another asset to a new owner.

Past simple
made something over to someone
Past participle
made something over to someone
-ing form
making something over to someone

What make something over to someone means

C1

To legally transfer money, land, or another asset to a new owner

She made the cottage over to her daughter.

Similar phrasal verbs

With make: make up, make out, make for, make something into something, make off, make off with, make over, make towards, make up for, make too much of.

With over: run over, take over, go over to, spill over, tick over, change over, do over, get over, give over, give something over to something/someone.

Common questions

What does make something over to someone mean?

To legally transfer money, land, or another asset to a new owner.

What is the past tense of make something over to someone?

Made something over to someone, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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