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TONE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tone up mean?
• TONE UP (verb)
The verb TONE UP has 1 sense:
1. give a healthy elasticity to
Familiarity information: TONE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give a healthy elasticity to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
strengthen; tone; tone up
Context example:
Let's tone our muscles
Hypernyms (to "tone up" is one way to...):
exercise; work out (do physical exercise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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