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单词 to some tune
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to some tune
b. To the amount or sum of. So to some tune (to a considerable extent), etc.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [phrase] > to the amount of
to the tune of1692
up to ——1892
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a considerable degree
in good measurec1225
a quantityc1330
in mannerc1425
not meanly1533
in (a) great (also large, good, ample, etc.) measure1581
to some tune1692
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1694) ccclvi. 372 This came to the Bishop's Ear, who presently sent for the Curate, Rattled him to some Tune.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 296 To Libel the Bishop..by exhibiting Articles against him to the Tune of 56.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 134 To go over..into Flanders, to be knock'd on the Head at the Tune of Three and Six-pence a Week.
1797 Wonderf. Advant. Lottery (Cheap Repos. Tr.) 8 I had demands on me yesterday to the tune of 300 l.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xvi. 225 Other articles were much to the same tune.
1874 Punch 22 Aug. 76/2 A defaulter to the imposing tune of £10,000.
1883 Manch. Examiner 24 Nov. 5/1 His peasant countrymen..have been spoiled and pilled, and whipt to every tune.
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