From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtool up phrasal verbTIFto prepare a factory for producing goods by providing the necessary tools and machinerytool something ↔ up The factory was tooled up to produce light weapons. → tool→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionarytool up phrasal verb [intransitive, transitive]MANUFACTURING to prepare a place such as a factory for production by providing the necessary tools and machineryU.S. shipyards, having had three years for preparation, were able to tool up for mass production of destroyers. → tool→ See Verb table
