retool
Americanverb (used with object)
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to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
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to reorganize or rearrange, usually for the purpose of updating.
to retool the industrial organization.
verb (used without object)
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to replace or rearrange the tools of a factory.
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to replace the stamping machinery of a factory, especially to make a remodeled product.
verb
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to replace, re-equip, or rearrange the tools in (a factory, etc)
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to revise or reorganize
Other Word Forms
- retoolable adjective
Etymology
Origin of retool
Example Sentences
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Then throughout postproduction, as the scenes were continually retooled and rearranged, the story continued to evolve and grow and new realizations kept springing from the work for everyone involved.
From Los Angeles Times
“But they’ll just switch to copper!” say people who have never retooled a factory.
From MarketWatch
In recent years, as Tokyo has retooled its security posture in response to China’s rapid military rise, it has sent a flurry of investments to these southwestern islands.
FRANKFURT—Across Germany, railcar factories are being retooled to build military vehicles, auto suppliers are joining with defense contractors, and former soldiers are suddenly hot commodities in the jobs market.
The decision to retool the show was a losing gamble, ostensibly sacrificing hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless fans, who searched for their preferred flavor of drama elsewhere.
From Salon
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