Idioms for tune
Origin of tune
1350–1400; Middle English (noun); unexplained variant of
tone
OTHER WORDS FROM tune
Words nearby tune
tunbridge ware,
tunbridge wells,
tundish,
tundra,
tundra swan,
tune,
tune in,
tune out,
tune up,
tune-up,
tuneful
British Dictionary definitions for to the tune of
tune
/ (tjuːn) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for tune
C14: variant of
tone
Idioms and Phrases with to the tune of (1 of 2)
to the tune of
To the sum or extent of, as in They had profits to the tune of about $20 million. This idiom transfers tune, a succession of musical tones, to a succession of figures. [First half of 1700s]
Idioms and Phrases with to the tune of (2 of 2)
tune