tune up (something)
(PREPARE)Definition
› to prepare for a performance or competition, or to adjust an instrument for playing: Yards away on the infield, a marching band was tuning up.
(Definition of tune up (something) (PREPARE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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tune in (something) phrasal verb
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tune n CORRECT MUSICAL NOTES
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tune n MUSICAL NOTES
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tune out (something/someone) phrasal verb
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tune up something phrasal verb ADJUST
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tune v ADJUST ENGINE
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tune v ADJUST INSTRUMENT
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tune v ADJUST SIGNAL
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tuned in (to someone/something) idiom
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