Usually means: Adjustment for optimal performance maintenance.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word tune up:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. tune up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tune-up: Merriam-Webster
  3. tune-up, tune up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tune-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tune-up, tune-up, tune up: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tune-up, tune up: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tune-Up, Tune-up, tune-up: Wordnik
  8. tune-up, tune (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tune-up, tune up: Wiktionary
  10. tune-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tune-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tune-up, tune up: Dictionary.com
  13. tune up (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Tune-Up, Tune Up (composition), Tune-up, Tune up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. tune-up, tune up: Rhymezone
  16. tune-up, tune up: FreeDictionary.org
  17. tune-up, tune up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. tune-up, tune up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tune-up, tune up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tune up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tune up: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tune up)

verb:  (transitive) To make adjustments (to an engine or bicycle drivetrain) in order to improve its performance.
verb:  (intransitive) To make preparations for vigorous exercise; to warm up.
verb:  (intransitive) To begin to sing or play music.
verb:  (intransitive, music) To tune one's instrument in preparation for performance.
verb:  (chiefly US, transitive, idiomatic) To beat up (someone).

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