retool
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verb (used with object)
1.
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
2.
to reorganize or rearrange, usually for the purpose of updating: to retool the industrial organization.
verb (used without object)
3.
to replace or rearrange the tools of a factory.
4.
to replace the stamping machinery of a factory, especially to make a remodeled product.
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World English Dictionary
retool (riːˈtuːl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to replace, re-equip, or rearrange the tools in (a factory, etc) |
| 2. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) to revise or reorganize |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
retool
1866, "to shape again with a tool," from re- "back, again" + verb form of tool (q.v.). Meaning "to furnish a factory with new equipment" is recorded from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Retool hatchery operations to support wild fish recovery.
Retool administrator education programs to provide training in technology decision making and organizational change.
We must retool and build electric, hybrid, and other engines now.
Reinforced data may help as they retool their strategies.
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