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limber up

vb. 1 to stretch; stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, as before exercise 2 to attach a limber

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limber up

  1. v. attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber]

  2. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity [syn: warm up, loosen up]

Usage examples of "limber up".

Colonel Harness, seeing that his two small battalion guns would inevitably be destroyed if they stayed in action, ordered his gunners to limber up and follow the regiment forward.

Zahpata grinned like a war-dog scenting blood as the Colonial artillery ceased fire and began to limber up with panic speed.

Once on her feet, she stretched her aching muscles, then touched her toes several times to limber up.

They have to be able to clear, load, and fire the weapon under the most extreme circumstances, then limber up, move on, and do it again.

To limber up, she bent backward until her palms rested on the ground, just behind her feet.

He put the towel aside, flexed the hand for awhile (the first few times made him grimace with pain, but then the hand began to limber up), and started to write again.