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tune up

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtune up phrasal verb1 APMwhen musicians tune up, they prepare their instruments to play at the right pitch tune something ↔ up The band were tuning up their guitars.2 tune something ↔ up to make small changes to an engine so that it works as well as possible → tune → See Verb table Related topics: Engineering , Motor vehicles tune-upˈtune-up noun [singular] 1 TETTCthe process of making small changes to an engine so that it works as well as possible2 an occasion that someone uses as preparation for a more important occasion He is treating the semi-finals as a tune-up.Examples from the Corpustune-up• If you give the engine regular tune-ups, it will last much longer.• Therefore, he is treating the semi-final trials more as a tune-up.• It's about time to take the car in for a tune-up again.• Perhaps the owner asked for a spiritual tune-up.
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Verb table
tune
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they tune
he, she, it tunes
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they tuned
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have tuned
he, she, it has tuned
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had tuned
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will tune
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have tuned
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Continuous Form
Present
I am tuning
he, she, it is tuning
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you, we, they are tuning
Past
I, he, she, it was tuning
you, we, they were tuning
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been tuning
he, she, it has been tuning
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been tuning
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be tuning
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been tuning
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