"carry a tune" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-carry a tune.ogg Forms: carries a tune [present, singular, third-person], carrying a tune [participle, present], carried a tune [participle, past], carried a tune [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carry a tune (third-person singular simple present carries a tune, present participle carrying a tune, simple past and past participle carried a tune)
  1. (idiomatic) To produce music, especially to sing, with accurate relative pitch. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: can't carry a tune in a bucket
    Sense id: en-carry_a_tune-en-verb-0zXKb3uZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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