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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.

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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	retool - revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy" revise 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"