overhaul
verb/ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl/
/ˌəʊvərˈhɔːl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overhaul | /ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl/ /ˌəʊvərˈhɔːl/ |
| he / she / it overhauls | /ˌəʊvəˈhɔːlz/ /ˌəʊvərˈhɔːlz/ |
| past simple overhauled | /ˌəʊvəˈhɔːld/ /ˌəʊvərˈhɔːld/ |
| past participle overhauled | /ˌəʊvəˈhɔːld/ /ˌəʊvərˈhɔːld/ |
| -ing form overhauling | /ˌəʊvəˈhɔːlɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈhɔːlɪŋ/ |
- overhaul something to examine every part of a machine, system, etc. and make any necessary changes or repairs
- The engine has been completely overhauled.
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringc2- The plan was completely overhauled.
- Within a year the party had drastically overhauled its structure.
- The company was called in to overhaul the railroad system.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- drastically
- radically
- completely
- …
- overhaul somebody to come from behind a person you are competing against in a race and go past them synonym overtake
- He managed to overhaul the leader on the final lap.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally in nautical use in the sense ‘release rope tackle by slackening’): from over- + haul.
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