Definition of retool
transitive verb
1 : to reequip with tools
2 : reorganize
intransitive verb
: to make especially minor changes or improvements retool for the future
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Examples of retool in a Sentence
The factory has been retooled.
The company is retooling its sales strategies.
The company is retooling for the future.
Recent Examples of retool from the Web
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Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne is retooling factories that used to produce cars to make more profitable Jeep sport utility vehicles and Ram pickups.
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Trump is considering new ways to deliver his message, according to multiple people within the White House, who say the President is increasingly adamant his staff needs retooling.
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THE TAKEOVER: -- Federal agencies are quietly retooling their missions to avoid being targeted by the Trump administration.
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The California Air Resources Board directed Volkswagen this week to retool its plan to build charging stations, organize shuttle services and embark on public-relations campaigns to get more Californians to buy zero-emissions vehicles, or ZEV’s.
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Alex Martins, the team’s CEO, has wisely decided to go with an old-school vibe to retool a franchise hobbling around on two flat tires and a beat up cassette deck playing Eddie Money tunes.
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Monjay Settro of cbs.com told me her site's entire production cycle has been retooled in Perl.
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First Known Use of retool
1917
RETOOL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of retool for English Language Learners
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: to change or replace the tools or machines in (a factory, workshop, etc.)
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: to make changes to (something) in order to improve it
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