tool
noun
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
had tooled
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past perfectof tool.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Last week Designer Eames had tooled up a brand-new $175,000 factory, was turning out the first 3,000 models of his 1950 line.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Commander had tooled his airplane over Rangoon, and had seen no enemy activity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dial and the number of jewels varied, as well as the escapement, suggesting that the owners were groping for a salable variant of the design for which they had tooled the factory.
From The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch by Edwin A. Battison
Though seeming hours, only minutes had passed since he had tooled his scout into the rack.
From Raiders Invisible by Desmond Winter Hall
It was the opinion of everybody that the man who had tooled away his money and his time on the Clermont was little better than an idiot, and ought to be in an insane asylum.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
