limber up
To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for…To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.
» The substitutes are beginning to limber up.
Die Auswechselspieler fangen an, sich aufzuwärmen.
Die Auswechselspielerinnen fangen an, sich aufzuwärmen.
Запасні гравці починають розігріватися.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.
The swimmer limbered up for a few minutes before the final.
sich aufwärmen
размина́тьсяrazminátʹsja, размя́тьсяrazmjátʹsja
розмина́тисяrozmynátysja, розім'я́тисяrozimʺjátysja
make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
(transitive)To make (someone or something) more limber or flexible.
You need to limber up your wits before the exam.
A good massage will limber up the neck and arms.
attach the limber
(figuratively, intransitive)To prepare; to make oneself ready.
To attach a limber.
Examples
2 sentencesThe substitutes are beginning to limber up.
Запасні гравці починають розігріватися. — deniko
deDie Auswechselspieler fangen an, sich aufzuwärmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A good yoga session can limber you up like nothing else.
Translations
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Forms
limbers up, limbering up, limbered up, limbered up| Base form | limber up · to limber up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | limbers up |
| Present participle | limbering up |
| Past simple | limbered up |
| Past participle | limbered up |
irregular
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb