tune up

1. 1.

   adjust for (better) functioning

   “tune the engine”

   Synonymstune

   Broaderadjust

   Narrowerfine-tuneservicetune in
2. 2.

   adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)

   “My piano needs to be tuned”

   Synonymstune

   Broaderadjust

Questions about tune up

What does tune up mean?

tune up means "adjust for (better) functioning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tune up?

Close synonyms include tune, tune. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tune up a common word?

tune up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.