tool up
Prepare manufacturing equipment
Tool up means to equip with tools or weapons, or to prepare facilities for production.
A factory tools up when it installs machinery for a new product line: The plant tooled up for the new model year.
In British slang, to tool up is to arm oneself, especially before a confrontation: The gang tooled up before the raid.
- get readyMake preparations beforehand
- lock and loadPrepare firearm for shooting
- equipSupply with necessities
- kit outEquip completely for purpose
- armUpper body limb
assemble · stockpile · weaponize · hardware · prepare · furnish · reinforce · mobilize · fortify · machinery · heavy machinery · outfit · workshop · deploy · gird · provision · load · upgrade
tool updismantle
Separate into parts
strip down · decommission · shut down · mothball · wind down
tool updisarm
Remove capacity to harm
lay down arms · stand down · demilitarize · deescalate · unarm
tool upwind down
Gradually relax or conclude
shut down · stand down · power down · pack up · close up shop
tool, up, tools, tooled, tooling, toolbox, toolkit, toolmaker, toolmaking