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Discover LudwigThe word 'tune-up' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is usually used as a noun to describe the process of adjusting or improving the functioning or performance of something, such as a car or an instrument. Example: "I'm taking my car to the mechanic for a tune-up before our road trip." "His guitar was out of tune, so he gave it a quick tune-up before the concert."
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The Pac-12 meet was, essentially, a tune-up.
They treat the regular season as tune-up time.
Below are the teams treating their conference tournaments as life support, not a tune-up.
Instead, city officials left it alone and gave another crucial switch a less-costly tune-up.
And, if the badinage in "Fast & Furious 6" needs a tune-up, so what?
"Everyone thinks I'm just a tune-up fight.
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Tune up the violins.
It's a tune up for me.
We'll tune up with Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Wiley said: "This week I'll start to tune up.
"We need to tune up a few things," he said.
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