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to the tune of
Idioms and Phrases
To the sum or extent of, as in They had profits to the tune of about $20 million . This idiom transfers tune , a succession of musical tones, to a succession of figures. [First half of 1700s]Example Sentences
He too was joined by his father to the tune of Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best' - a song which the legend Eubank Sr walked out to in his heyday.
It helped that Klopp, after his final match in charge, urged supporters to sing with him: "Arne Slot, na na na na na" to the tune of Opus' Live Is Life before the German waved goodbye to Anfield - a chant that has become more and more popular at the ground as the season has gone on.
Wednesday, Trump decried our allies and said the U.S. has had to “subsidize countries” like Canada and Mexico to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.
Alongside Le Pen, twelve assistants where convicted of concealing the embezzlement, which the court estimated to be to the tune of 2.9 million Euros, about $3.1 million.
Currently, savers are protected to the tune of £85,000 per person, per institution.
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