Retone
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To tone again.
"It made him work harder as he traversed the low parallel bars to practice his walking. The situps were coming well, as were the pushups to retone his almost atrophied arm muscles."
Example
More examples"It made him work harder as he traversed the low parallel bars to practice his walking. The situps were coming well, as were the pushups to retone his almost atrophied arm muscles."
Etymology
From re- + tone.
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