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Tune (someone)

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Tune (someone) definition 1

To tell someone off or to talk (can mean flirt or tease depending on context, similar to SA usage).

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Tune (someone) definition 2

To reprimand or to speak disrespectfully to someone. Can also mean to chat someone up

"Don't tune me, ek sê! (Don't talk back to me, I'm telling you!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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July 2025

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