"Make Me Over" printed on the back of the T-shirt

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Yesterday I saw "Make Me Over" on the back of a girl's T-shirt.
Does it mean "Change Me"?

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[+3] - sozobe - 05/15/2012A makeover can be purely fashion, too -- new clothes, maybe different glasses or contacts, etc. Generally it means [i]changing[/i] one's style in some way.

@oristarA,

It could be a turn of phrase on the cosmetics' term "makeover."

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make·o·ver
[meyk-oh-ver] Show IPA
noun
...
2.
a thorough course of beauty and cosmetic treatments: Assistants spent four hours on the actress's makeover in preparation for the awards ceremony.

"Make me over" could have been a playful way for the woman to show she appreciates getting spa makeovers.

Then again not having the front of the shirt context is important. Whatever graphics or text was on the front could have been the deciphering key to the phrase on the back.

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@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

It could be a turn of phrase on the cosmetics' term "makeover."

Quote:
make·o·ver
[meyk-oh-ver] Show IPA
noun
...
2.
a thorough course of beauty and cosmetic treatments: Assistants spent four hours on the actress's makeover in preparation for the awards ceremony.

"Make me over" could have been a playful way for the woman to show she appreciates getting spa makeovers.

Then again not having the front of the shirt context is important. Whatever graphics or text was on the front could have been the deciphering key to the phrase on the back.

I was not trying to come to the front of the girl.

What is "spa makeovers"?

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@oristarA,

oristarA wrote:

I was not trying to come to the front of the girl.

what does this mean?

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

oristarA wrote:
I was not trying to come to the front of the girl.

what does this mean?

I think that sentence has misexpressed what I wanted to say.
What I expected to deliver is that when I saw the sign "make me over" on the back of the girl, I didn't quicken my steps so that I could look at what was printed on the front of the T-shirt of that girl.

Now please edit " I was not trying to come to the front of the girl" to express the right meaning.

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@oristarA,

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Now please edit " I was not trying to come to the front of the girl" to express the right meaning.

I didn't try to see what was on the front of the shirt.

Joe(Now we have a mystery.... Wink

)Nation

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http://www.alayashop.com/193-550-large/top-vert-over.jpg

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@oristarA,

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Yesterday I saw "Make Me Over" on the back of a girl's T-shirt.
Does it mean "Change Me"?

It doesn't mean anything, really.

You often get words and phrases written on items of clothing, especially if these items are manufactured overseas, which have no particular meaning.

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@oristarA,

Spa makeover:
Getting a pedicure and a manicure, getting a haircut and/or perm, getting a special facial cleansing one can't get at home, etc.... Having a cosmetician add makeup to ones face, etc....

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@tsarstepan,

A makeover can be purely fashion, too -- new clothes, maybe different glasses or contacts, etc.

Generally it means changing one's style in some way.

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@oristarA,

Yes. You wanted the meaning of the sentence, regardless of the context.

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@oristarA,

"Make Me Over" printed on the back of the T-shirt

It would be more natural to use 'a' where you have 'the', Ori. I'm sure that you've heard "first introduction" use 'a/an'. You used it in your description.

Yesterday I saw "Make Me Over" on the back of a girl's T-shirt. I saw the girl when I was in Xi'an.

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