Definition of retool
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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The movie is all over the place and inconsistent and is perhaps a victim of being retooled for too many different markets.
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The Mustangs have to retool their defense with an almost entirely new front seven.
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India’s navy is rapidly expanding, and its air force is retooling.
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Leicester City captain Wes Morgan has revealed that he is excited by the money being spent around the Premier League as clubs look to retool for the new season.
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Omaha, coached by Derrin Hansen, will be retooling a bit this coming season.
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The delay to 2028 opens a host of questions for Los Angeles, which is looking at the prospect of retooling its multibillion-dollar plans for more than a decade into the future.
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Courts blocked that first ban as well as a second the Trump administration had retooled, until the Supreme Court partially reinstated it at the end of June.
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Courts blocked that first ban as well as a second the Trump administration had retooled until the Supreme Court partially reinstated it at the end of June.
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First Known Use of retool
1917
RETOOL Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition 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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