0 present participle of overhaul
1 to repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should:
I got the engine overhauled.
The government has recently overhauled the healthcare system.
Accordingly, the government initiated a series of military reforms, including the overhauling of the conscription regulations in 1886.
Current changes concern increasing quality and standards within the present structure rather than overhauling the basic framework.
We must stop radically overhauling the rules of the game every three years.
That means that most of our resources have been involved in preparing that piece of legislation, not in overhauling the code.
I yield to no man in my belief that there is the greatest possible need for a thorough overhauling of our rating system.
We are overhauling the arrangements for handling large batches of telegrams with a view to avoiding similar difficulties in the future.
The fact is that the whole welfare organization for troops in these theatres of war needs overhauling.
Does not the whole question of road speed limits need overhauling?
