tooling up
Preparing necessary equipment
Tooling up means preparing or equipping for a task, especially in manufacturing, where it refers to installing or configuring machinery for production: The factory is tooling up for the new model year.
More broadly, it describes any intensive preparation: We're tooling up for the big presentation.
In British slang, tooling up means arming oneself, typically with weapons: The gang was tooling up for a fight.
- armingProviding with weapons
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- war footingState of military readiness
- equipmentTools for a task
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
machinery · heavy machinery · belt · skill acquisition · prototyping · weaponizing · rearmament · training · procurement · fabrication · logistics · readiness · automation · assembly line · shop floor · preparation · outfitting · drill
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
- getting readyget ready, readying, be prepared, equipping, gear up
- preparationprepare, preparing, ready, readies, readiness
tooling upwinding down
Gradually decreasing toward conclusion
shutting down · closing down · decommissioning · scaling back · downsizing
tooling updisarming
Allaying suspicion through warmth
demilitarizing · standing down · laying down arms · disarmament · demobilizing
tooling upshutting down
Ending operation or activity
closing down · winding up · liquidating · folding · going out of business