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/ˈoʊvərhˌɔl/ Listen

verb

Overhaul v. t. (past & past part. overhauled; pres. part. overhauling)

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

(Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

To repair thoroughly; to make repairs on; usually implying major repairs and perhaps modifying improvements.

To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks.

To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

noun

Overhauling, Overhaul n.

A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement.

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Etymology of 'Overhaul'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Overhaul" Quotes from Famous Books

... it is truly no holiday excursion on which you are starting. I should envy you greatly were you going in command of an armed galley, prepared to beat off any craft that might try to overhaul you; but, going alone as you are, it is a very different thing. Should pirates meet you, you could offer no resistance, and your position would be a perilous one indeed. However, I think you are born to good luck, and am confident that your patron saint ...

— A Knight of the White Cross • G.A. Henty

... that one of the first things a Liberal Government should do should be to appoint a commission to overhaul the whole of our Company Law. This is not the occasion to enter in detail into a highly technical problem. But I would call attention to the following points: There is no compulsion on any joint-stock company to publish a balance sheet. It is almost the universal practice ...

— Essays in Liberalism - Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the - Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 • Various

... strong enough for your sort of tobacco, doctor," I answered. "I will leave you with Mr. Guest for a few minutes. You may like to overhaul him a little." ...

— The Great Secret • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... a few years ago, old chap," he said, "when I was a younger man, I should have run for it. But to-day I believe that feller would overhaul me within half-a-mile. My wind's rotten. Do you think he'll ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 146., January 14, 1914 • Various

... the Tweed. "I'm obliged to ye, ma'am," he addressed the flustered matron, "but the warr'ds an' the contents o' the beds in them are no' to say of the firr'st importance—at least, whaur I'm concerr'ned. With your permeesion we'll tak' a look at the Operating Theatre, and overhaul the sterileezing plant, and the sanitary arrangements, and maybe, after a gliff at the kitchens, there would be a moment to spend in ganging through the warr'ds. Unless the Colonel would prefer to begin wi' them?" He turned a small, twinkling pair of ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

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