to the tune of

English

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Prepositional phrase

to the tune of

  1. (literally) Fitting the melody of.
    The lyrics were written to the tune of "Amazing Grace".
  2. (idiomatic) Roughly; about; to the approximate sum or extent of.
    The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of two grand.
    • 1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston:
      It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.
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