to retool
- verb
- /ˌriːˈtuːl/
- So now they've retooled; they can do even more work with fewer human workers.
And so you retool your life if you want to escape from your web of lies.
- And so you retool your life if you want to escape from your web of lies.
- If that's our ambition, we may need to really retool how we're seeing development and massive implications.
- Re educating, retooling a sales guy really hard.
- Now, throughout history, they always have retooled.
Examples
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The successes this year under retooled city management have officials wondering whether privatization is necessary.
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Open debate is the only way to generate new and creative ideas necessary for retooling and moving forward.
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Now we retool our mission to the moon with humans.
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And so you retool your life if you want to escape from your web of lies.
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They should they should basically retool their business model to be something totally new.
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Important social institutions can be retooled in a number of ways.
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First cohort members reflected and retooled the lessons in order to improve student learning.
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Much of the impetus for retooling this aspect of development came down to a case of pure economics.
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To remain competitive, the company must retool its marketing strategy to attract younger customers.
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As part of the project, we need to retool our approach to better address the needs of our clients.
Synonyms
Make small changes to something to make it more useful
Change a piece of writing to correct mistakes and make it better
Make a thing or person look new and work better
Make something better by making a few small changes
Organize something in a new way so it works better
Completely change something in a new and much better way
Change the order or settings of something to fit new needs
To make something again in a new or better way
Do something again to fix mistakes or make it better
To change the way something is arranged to make it work better
To change something to make it look or work better
To check and fix or change something completely to make it work better
To change the shape and look of something, usually a room or building
To change something again to make it better
Express ideas in a new or better way
Change a plan or attitude to fit new information
Change a process, system or product to make it work better
To change something into a new or different form
To change something a little so it works better
To change how something is shaped or how it works
Arrange parts again in a new way, like a picture or song
To change and improve an idea, plan, or computer program
To change the machines and how a factory works to make it work better
To make a new plan after changes or problems
To change the way a company or team works to meet new goals
To change how tasks and people work together in a project
To bring parts or people back together to make something whole again
Antonyms
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retool is made from re- 'again' and tool 'something you use to do a job'. Think of changing the tools in your toolbox—so to retool a strategy is to change your methods or plans to make them better.