tone up
Example Sentences
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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
Harrison thinks it’s been a source of motivation to set the tone up front.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2022
He responded with his usual felonious flight from any sense of moral and political responsibility by stating that he was going to "tone up" his rhetoric rather than tone it down.
From Salon • Nov. 18, 2018
“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
The glycerin and codfish oil are both soothing to the affected parts, and the codfish oil is a very good tonic to tone up the general system.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
