limber up

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limber up

vb (adverb)

1. (intr) (esp in sports) to exercise in order to be limber and agile

2. (tr) to make flexible

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Verb	1.	limber up - attach the limber; "limber a cannon" limber attach - cause to be attached
	2.	limber up - make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity loosen up, warm up exercise, work out - do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"

Translations

scaldarsi [i muscoli]

w>limber up

vi → Lockerungsübungen machen; (fig) → sich vorbereiten; limber up with a few easy exercises → machen Sie sich mit ein paar einfachen Übungen warm

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limber up

[ˌlɪmbərˈʌp] vi + adv → scaldarsi (i muscoli)

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She made this sacrifice as a matter of religious etiquette; as a thing necessary just now, but by no means to be wrested into a precedent; no, a week or two would limber up her piety, then she would be rational again, and the next two dollars that got left out in the cold would find a comforter--and she could name the comforter.

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