To make adjustments to an engine in order to improve its performance(verb)
To make preparations for vigorous exercise; to warm up(verb)
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Use "tune up" in a sentence
"Boulder Philharmonic gets all patriotic on the 4th with The Spirit of America, and the Colorado Symphony tune up for two nights with Mozart Under Moonlight and A Tribute to Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops."