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tone up

[tohn-uhp] / ˈtoʊnˌʌp /




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Every stroke uses 85% of your muscles covering nine major muscle groups so it also helps you to tone up, fast.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2024

The 6-foot-4 Thompson posted a game-high 20 points, including 18 on the attack at the net as she set the tone up front for an American team seeking its first gold medal in the sport.

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2021

Instead, "Promising Young Woman" shifts its tone up again.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2020

“Flesh” showcases Ms. Sánchez’s amalgam of unkempt flow and patterned logic: She sets the tone up front with an angular, two-handed tangle, eventually fading behind the saxophones of Román Filiu and Jerome Sabbagh.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2017

I tried his voice last week, and he sang with full, rich tone up to the C above the stave, and that after he had been skating from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen




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