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tune-up

[toon-uhp, tyoon-]

tune-up

[toon-uhp, tyoon-]
noun
1.
an adjustment, as of a motor, to improve working order or condition: The car needs a tune-up badly.
2.
Informal. a preparatory activity or warm-up, as before a contest or game: The track meet served as a tune-up for the Olympics.

Origin:
1945–50; noun use of verb phrase tune up
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Tune-up is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
WordNet
tune-up

noun
1. exercising in preparation for strenuous activity [syn: warm-up
2. adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance 
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