Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To train the muscles for increased size and strength.

    We spent the summer trying to muscle up for football next term.

  2. (intransitive)To force one's way into or through.

  3. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive)To make stronger or more powerful.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

muscles up, muscling up, muscled up, muscled up
Base formmuscle up · to muscle up
3rd person singularmuscles up
Present participlemuscling up
Past simplemuscled up
Past participlemuscled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymuscle up
he, she, itmuscles up

Past simpleLesson

all personsmuscled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave muscled up
he, she, ithas muscled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill muscle up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

See also

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