Idioms for tune

Origin of tune

1350–1400; Middle English (noun); unexplained variant of tone

OTHER WORDS FROM tune

British Dictionary definitions for to the tune of

tune
/ (tjuːn) /

noun

verb

See also tune in, tune out, tune up

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