Modify
Work on
Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
Both terms in one sentence
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This resulted in the "everyone is Frank" meme - because Dillon's work on The Punisher was so famous, Frank Castle's scowly mug is most noticeable when Dillon makes use of it or tries to modify it.
Source: Only Six Faces -
He did this with his own hands, without any assistance, and was thus only able to modify everything but his back, which he couldn't reach or see to work on.
Source: Self-Surgery - While Westone owned the rights to the programming of each game, Sega owned the rights to the title and character designs, and as a result Hudson Soft was forced to graphically modify and rename each game when they got the license to work on ports for non-Sega platforms.
Source: Divorced Installment
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