Thesaurus results for TOOLED

tooled

verb

Definition of tooled next

past tense of tool

as in drove

to travel by a motorized vehicle I spent some time tooling around town today

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Recent Examples of tooled Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated. —

Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 But Theobald tooled the Zephyrs’ block, pushing the Tigers over the line with a 25-22 set 4 win. —

Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025 When the season ended, Payton and general manager George Paton could have re-tooled the personnel on defense or let a couple of key contributors go. —

Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025 Hayes’ arrangements are machine-tooled to immersive perfection. —

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025

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drove

Verb

Those include removing security gates that people complained rattled when cars drove over the track and notifying neighbors of special events at least 30 days in advance.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
That drove prices over $20, and Larry Dolan, the uncle of MSG Sports chairman James Dolan, agreed to buy the team for $323 million in 2000, locking in a nice profit for shareholders.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026