Idioms for tune

Origin of tune

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

OTHER WORDS FROM tune

British Dictionary definitions for tune out (1 of 2)

tune out

verb

(intr, adverb often foll by of) informal to cease to take an interest (in) or pay attention (to) many people had tuned out of politics

British Dictionary definitions for tune out (2 of 2)

tune
/ (tjuːn) /

noun

verb

See also tune in, tune out, tune up

Word Origin for tune

C14: variant of tone

Idioms and Phrases with tune out (1 of 2)

tune out

1

Adjust a receiver so as not to receive a signal, as in Let's tune out all this interference. [Early 1900s]

2

Dissociate oneself from one's surroundings; also, disregard, ignore. For example, The average reader, used to seeing lots of color images, tunes out when confronted with big blocks of text, or Some mothers are expert at tuning out the children's whining and quarreling. [1920s] For an antonym, see tune in.

Idioms and Phrases with tune out (2 of 2)

tune