tune up Idiom, Proverb
tune up
improve the operation, improve perfomance After Fred tunes up the Mercedes the motor will run smoother.
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v. 1a. To adjust (a musical instrument) to make the right sound.
Before he began to play, Harry tuned up his banjo. 1b. To adjust a musical instrument or a group of musical instruments to the right sound.
The orchestra came in and began to tune up for the concert. 2. To adjust many parts of (car engine) which must work together so that it will run properly.
He took his car to the garage to have the engine tuned up.tune up
1. verb To acclimatize a agreeable apparatus to accomplish the actual or adapted angle or key. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "tune" and "up." I love audition the musicians tune up in the orchestra pit afore the performance. You should tune the piano up abutting anniversary so we can comedy it during the party.2. verb To acclimatize a allotment of accouterment or accessories to accomplish it assignment appropriately or efficiently. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "tune" and "up." You'll charge to tune the car up afore you booty it to be inspected this weekend. Make abiding you tune up the accessories at atomic already a month, or it can blend up the assembly line.3. noun An acclimation to a allotment of accouterment or accessories to accomplish it assignment appropriately or efficiently. As a noun, the byword is usually hyphenated. The car needs a action afore our trip. It's alive able-bodied overall, it aloof has a few genitalia that charge a tweak—nothing a quick action can't fix.Learn more: tune, uptuned up
slang Drunk. Primarily heard in US. We were all appealing acquainted up by the time we larboard the bar. They absorb anniversary Friday night accepting acquainted up on bargain beer and whiskey.Learn more: tune, uptune something up
Fig. to acclimatize an agent to run the best and best efficiently. You charge to tune this agent up. Please tune up this agent so it will run added economically.Learn more: tune, uptune up
[for one or added musicians] to accompany their instruments into tune. You could apprehend the orchestra abaft the curtain, affability up. We accept to tune up afore the concert.Learn more: tune, uptune up
Adjust accouterment so it is in able condition, as in I took the car in to be acquainted up. [Early 1900s] Learn more: tune, uptune up
v.
1. To acclimatize some agreeable apparatus to a adapted angle or key: She tunes up the violin for the students. He acquainted his cello up afore practicing. The orchestra acquainted up afore the concert.
2. To acclimatize some apparatus so as to put it into able condition: The artisan acquainted up the car. I tune the motor up every few months.
3. To adapt oneself for some activity: The aggregation acquainted up for the bout with a scrimmage.
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