do an alteration
Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words
To make a change, more informal than 'carry out'.
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- The tailor can do an alteration on your trousers.
- I did a quick alteration to the hem of my dress before the party.
- Can you do an alteration to this jacket to make it fit better?
- The seamstress did several major alterations to the wedding gown.
- Doing a simple alteration yourself can save you a lot of money.
- We might need to do a minor alteration to the meeting schedule.
- If the sleeves are too long, I'll just get my mom to do the alteration.
- Instead of buying a new suit, he decided it was cheaper to do an alteration on his old one.
- The carpenter did a small alteration to the cabinet door so it would close properly.
- Before we finalize the design, let's do one last alteration to the logo.