tunes up

VERB

bring into harmony

Synonyms

WEAK

accommodate adapt adjust attune conform coordinate dial fix harmonize integrate modulate pitch proportion reconcile regulate set string tighten

Antonyms

WEAK

break destroy harm hurt

VERB

harmonize

Synonyms

WEAK

accommodate adapt adjust attune conform coordinate dial fix harmonize integrate modulate pitch proportion reconcile regulate set string tighten tune

Example Sentences

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On another boat, a mariachi band tunes up.

From Science Magazine • May 8, 2023

Mitchell added another TD run in the third quarter as he tunes up for the playoffs.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2023

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center tunes up after a long pandemic-induced layoff in the new series “Chamber Music Society Returns.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2022

And she sort of tunes up her colleagues from the bench and says, “This is nothing like changing for gym class.”

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2020

I do it sorter like a fiddler tunes up his fiddle.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood