tune up
Example Sentences
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Only three of the top 10 players participated in the Queen’s Club tune up tournament in London, compared to six playing last week in Berlin in a contest of similar scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Coach Jason Gilmore's post-match comments about using the remainder of the campaign to tune up ahead of 2026-27's pre-season, understandably drew ire.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Flutes and drums tune up as spectators begin to line the curbs and balconies along the street.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 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
It was too late to tune up for my performance.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
