tooled up
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Ukraine's factories have tooled up to make equipment to help keep the sappers safer.
From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023
Hearts have tooled up for their first group-stage venture since 2004 with a recruitment drive that includes bringing Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland back from Belgium.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2022
“We had already tooled up the lid,” he said, absently pushing the spinner’s button and watching it whir.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2022
And once that product is designed, it’s tested with focus groups, manufacturing is tooled up, and 100,000 or a million products are made and brought to market.
From Forbes • Aug. 8, 2012
There is a certain crispness about the modelling when wrought from plastic clay, which is often wanting in work tooled up when the clay is hard.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. by Various
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