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LIMBER UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "limber up" is one way to...):
exercise; work out (do physical exercise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
limber a cannon
Synonyms:
limber; limber up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "limber up" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something