tool up

verb

tooled up; tooling up; tools up
: to provide (a factory) with machines and tools for producing something
The factory was not tooled up for this type of production.

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For-average bat with plus defensive tools up the middle. — Matthew Davis, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Rather than reshoring yesterday’s industries, the US would be better off tooling up for tomorrow’s. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 June 2026 Smith said that the initial goal is to get the tool up and running and then focus on expanding the work by not only looking at events that cost over $1 billion in damages but also smaller and medium-sized events. — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025 Liverpool are remodelling their team, Arsenal are still tooling up for a fourth crack at glory, and the Chelsea project made a leap to win the Club World Cup. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tool up

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“Tool up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tool%20up. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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