overhaul

overhaul
v
1. investigate, look into; inspect, examine, scrutinize; check, check out, check over or through, double-check; inventory, take inventory, take stock, take account of; audit, balance, balance the books.
2. service, repair, mend, patch up, fix, Inf. fix up, Inf. doctor, put in shape, put in commission; restore, recondition, revamp, renovate.
3. gain upon, catch up, catch up with, come up with; lap, pass, overpass, overtake, overhaul, get ahead of, shoot ahead of, leave behind, leave in the dust, leave standing flatfooted; outstrip, outrun, outpace, outdistance, distance.
n
4. general examination and repair, examination, repair, reparation, overhauling, fixing, mending; inspection, check-up.

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