to the tune of
In the amount
To the tune of introduces an amount, usually large or surprising: They spent to the tune of fifty thousand dollars on renovations.
The phrase suggests the figure is approximate but impressive—you're not giving an exact accounting, just conveying magnitude.
It frames numbers the way a tune frames lyrics: as the thing that carries everything else.
- approximatelyClose but not exact
- sumAddition's result
- costRequired payment amount
- totalComplete sum
- running totalSum recalculated after each addition
more or less · amount · melody · tally · value · expenditure · give or take · bottom line · refrain · chorus · about · price · close to · roughly · on the order of · near · budget · around
precision of quantity
to the tune ofexactly
With total accuracy
precisely · on the dot · on the nose · no more no less · specifically