Let's tune in on the late news.
•I don't want to tune in tonight.
2. and tune in (to something) Fig. to pay attention to someone or something. •I just can't tune in on these professors.
•I listen and I try, but I just can't tune in.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
tune someone or something out — tv. to ignore or disregard someone or something. □ I heard enough and tuned her out. CD I managed to tune out the constant clamor in the streets … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
tune out someone — tune out (someone/something) to stop paying attention to someone or something. Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson. He s been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking … New idioms dictionary
tune out something — tune out (someone/something) to stop paying attention to someone or something. Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson. He s been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking … New idioms dictionary
tune out — (someone/something) to stop paying attention to someone or something. Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson. He s been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking … New idioms dictionary
tune — tune1 [ tun ] noun count INFORMAL ** a song or piece of music: the station that plays all your favorite tunes a Russian folk tune be in/out of tune with 1. ) to understand/not understand the feelings, opinions, or needs of a group of people: He… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tune out — transitive verb : to become unresponsive to : ignore the children tuned out their mother s commands intransitive verb : to dissociate oneself from what is happening * * * tune out 1. To adjust (a radio, etc) so as to eliminate (a sound, frequency … Useful english dictionary
tune — I UK [tjuːn] / US [tun] noun [countable] Word forms tune : singular tune plural tunes informal ** a song or piece of music a Russian folk tune the station that plays all your favourite tunes • be in/out of tune with to understand/not understand… … English dictionary
tune — tune1 S3 [tju:n US tu:n] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: tone] 1.) a series of musical notes that are played or sung and are nice to listen to = ↑melody ▪ Sam was humming a little tune . ▪ a hymn tune ▪ The song is sung to the tune of Colonel Bogey … Dictionary of contemporary English
tune — /toohn, tyoohn/, n., v., tuned, tuning. n. 1. a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it. 2. a musical setting of a hymn, poem, psalm, etc., usually in four part harmony. 3. the state of… … Universalium
tune — [[t]tun, tyun[/t]] n. v. tuned, tun•ing 1) mad a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody 2) mad the state of being in the proper pitch: to be in tune[/ex] 3) agreement in pitch; unison; harmony 4) proper adjustment, as of radio… … From formal English to slang
tune — 1 noun (C) 1 a series of musical notes that are played or sung one after the other to make a pattern of sound that is usually pleasant to listen to: I recognize that tune but I can t remember the name of the song. 2 in tune playing or singing the … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
