tune up

Example Sentences

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Tuchel will rightly say Uruguay and Japan are the tough tests England required to tune up for the World Cup, but the burning question is still the same and has not been answered.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Flutes and drums tune up as spectators begin to line the curbs and balconies along the street.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

The unsettling data comes as Australia battles a slump in productivity and falling living standards, with the Labor government now busily examining reform options to tune up the economy and reverse its sliding fortunes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

"We're nearing a point where we can use these maps to design therapies that can tune up the T cell function for cancer treatments or tune it down to treat autoimmune disease."

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

Gracious God, say Squeak, how I’m gonna tune up my mouth to say all that?

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker