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limber up Definition


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limber1
adj
    1. Flexible and supple.
      Thesaurus: agile, lissom, lithe, flexible, pliable, pliant, nimble, supple, elastic, plastic; Antonym: stiff.
verb
    limbered, limbering
    1. To make flexible and supple.
Etymology: 20c in this sense; 18c, meaning ‘to make supple', perhaps from limb1.

Phrasal Verb: limber up
    To stretch and warm up before taking exercise.


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