limber up
Britishverb
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(intr) (esp in sports) to exercise in order to be limber and agile
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(tr) to make flexible
Example Sentences
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Limber up a medium ballyhoo by using your thumb and index finger to squeeze the bait slightly along its lateral line from behind its head to the base of the tail.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the order being given to "Limber up, and fire!" the crew which mounted its gun and fired the first shot earned the laurels.
From From Lower Deck to Pulpit by Cowling, Henry
Limber up your joints an’ take it easier, pardner.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
"Limber up and give us a good old deep-sea chantey!"
From Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure by Gregory, Jackson
Then, his form towering amid the smoke, his eyes flashing, his drawn sabre whirled above his head, Breathed shouted,— "Limber up!"
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by Cooke, John Esten
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