to redo

Examples

• All

• His sister and her husband had bought the house from Trace's mom and wanted to redo the interior, so they hired the two of us to gut the place.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I think it is so great that you're redoing your entire apartment.

  Sex and the City (2008)

• You better just take the whole thing down and redo it.

  Election (1999)

• Recently, I had the experience of helping to redo my sister's new home.

  Fiction book (1990)

• One of the women who called wants to redo her daughter's bedroom in a really special way.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Mr. Allen, if I'm going to redo the apartment, I have to know what everything is for.

  Pillow Talk (1959)

• And I want to redo the kitchen so that Juan can make his mole sauce at home.

  Cupids on Beacon Street (2021)

• We had to redo all the eaves on our house, taking them down to bare wood.

  Blog text (15)

• I've always wanted to buy a piece of furniture from a yard sale and completely redo it.

  Blog text (29)

• Tory contracted Daniel Romualdez to redo the house, but it never happened.

  Blog text (27)

Synonyms

R

to renovate

vsto redo

76 3.8

To repair and improve a building or room so it looks new again

is a broader act of changing structure or appearance

R

to redesign

vsto redo

56 3.7

Change the look or plan of something, like a website, to make it better

is about physical alteration rather than only creating new designs

R

to remake

vsto redo

52 3.5

To make something again in a new or better way

usually applies to changing a place or its structure instead

R

to redecorate

vsto redo

41 3.2

To change the inside of a room by adding new paint, wallpaper, or furniture

includes structural or functional changes, not only surface decoration

R

to revamp

vsto redo

41 4.9

To change something to make it look or work better

is more general, not always implying purposeful improvement work

R

to remodel

vsto redo

35 3.7

To change the shape and look of something, usually a room or building

focuses more generally on altering or improving a space

O

to overhaul

vsto redo

35 4.6

To check and fix or change something completely to make it work better

is less intense, covering ordinary changes rather than very extensive work

R

to refurbish

vsto redo

31 4.6

To make something clean and like new by fixing or decorating it

can include structural changes beyond surface cleaning and decorating

R

to rework

vsto redo

30 4.0

To change something again to make it better

is specifically about physical space changes rather than general edits

M

to make over

vsto redo

7 4.1

Change how something looks or works to improve it

covers broader practical or structural changes beyond appearance

R

to rehab

vsto redo

• Informal

2 3.7

To fix a building or object so it is usable again

is broader, including redesign or cosmetic changes as well

R

to reno

vsto redo

• Informal

7.5

Make a room or building better by fixing and changing it

refers more generally to changing or updating a space

Antonyms

D

to dilapidate

1 8.4

To fall into ruin or cause something to fall into ruin because it is not cared for

How Thorough

to redo

19 3.4

to renovate

76 3.8

to refurbish

31 4.6

to touch up

8 3.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology