What does retooling mean?
Retooling means present participle and gerund of retool.
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/ɹiːˈtuːlɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of retool.
the Physiocrats' emphasis on breaking the shackles under which the economy was labouring appealed to the duke, whose retooling of the state presupposed a reinvigoration of the economy which would allow the government to go to war without bringing the country to penury.
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Retooling means present participle and gerund of retool.
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the Physiocrats' emphasis on breaking the shackles under which the economy was labouring appealed to the duke, whose retooling of the state presupposed a reinvigoration of the economy which would allow the government to go to war without bringing the country to penury.
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