VERB
- make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
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attach the limber
limber a cannon
How To Use limber up In A Sentence
- The council squad has teamed up with staff at the Barbican, Courtney's Gym and Fitness First to limber up for Sunday's big event, and have been training since March.
- So badly did his misused body stiffen, that when he was called it required another ten minutes and a second glass of whisky to unbend his joints and limber up the muscles. Trust
- You should limber up your wits before the test.
- The reading of good poetry also helps that part of the mind that uses language to limber up, relax a bitit's akin to shaking your sillies out, in the terms of that children's song. An Interview with Gregory Maguire
- Gibson's loyalty in keeping faith with Gareth Southgate, at a time when his admirable but battle-fatigued young manager has presided over one Premier League win in 19 attempts, is routinely questioned in those pre-match Teesside male entertainment bastions which typically invite patrons to limber up for kick-off with "a pint and a stottie while watching the topless totty". Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
- However, neither were too keen to queue up for a rub down by students from the Institute of Physical Therapy who were only too happy to help the women limber up for the 10 km race.
