limber up

limber up
verb
1. attach the limber
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limber a cannon

• Syn: ↑limber
• Hypernyms: ↑attach
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
• Syn: ↑warm up, ↑loosen up
• Derivationally related forms: ↑warm-up (for: ↑warm up)
• Hypernyms: ↑exercise, ↑work out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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WARM UP, loosen up, get into condition, get into shape, practise, train, stretch.
→ limber

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limber up
To loosen up the muscles in preparation for physical effort of some sort
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Main Entry: ↑limber

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ˌlimber ˈup [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they limber up he/she/it limbers up present participle limbering up past tense limbered up past participle limbered up] phrasal verb
to do gentle exercises that make your muscles stretch, especially in order to prepare for taking part in a sport
Thesaurus: to do physical exercise as a way of keeping fithyponym
Main entry: limber

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limber up [phrasal verb]
: to prepare for physical activity by doing exercises so that your body can move and bend more easily

She limbered up for a few minutes before starting to run.

— sometimes used figuratively

She limbered up for the election by learning the relevant statistics.

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Main Entry: ↑limber

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ˌlimber ˈup derived
to do physical exercises in order to stretch and prepare your muscles before taking part in a race, sporting activity, etc.
Syn: ↑warm up
Main entry: ↑limberderived

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