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to the tune of

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  1. To the sum or extent of, as in They had profits to the tune of about $20 million. This idiom transfers tune, a succession of musical tones, to a succession of figures. [First half of 1700s]

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It has been funding the club's losses since then to the tune of about £1m a month.

From BBC

For large parts of the afternoon, the home fans chanted "In your head, Arne, Arne, Arne" to the tune of Zombie by The Cranberries as Pereira's side dominated the defending champions.

From BBC

She has composed a night song for him, “Land of Cute and Furry,” set to the tune of the Elgar march “Land of Hope and Glory.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Sally has composed a day song for him set to the tune of “You Are My Sunshine.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The other big contributor to the economy last year was soaring business investment in artificial intelligence — to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

From MarketWatch

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