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retool

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re·tool  (r-tl)
v. re·tooled, re·tool·ing, re·tools
v.tr.
1. To fit out (a factory, for example) with a new set of machinery and tools for making a different product.
2. To revise and reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating or improving: had to retool the city's economy.
v.intr.
To fit out a factory with a new set of machinery and tools.

retool [riːˈtuːl]
vb
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to replace, re-equip, or rearrange the tools in (a factory, etc.)
2. Chiefly US and Canadian to revise or reorganize
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.retool - revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy"
reorganize, shake up, reorganise - organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under"
2.retool - provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
interchange, substitute, replace, exchange - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"


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