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vb. (en-pastwarm up)
Usage examples of "warmed up".
I went to the fireplace and warmed up my hands, watching Murphy in silence.
Since there was no way to shush him except to do what he wanted, she warmed up a piece of casserole and spent an hour reading at the kitchen table.
The bawdy songs did best when the audience was well warmed up-preferably after a bit of beer.
But as she warmed up, she forgot herself in the music, picking pieces which the professor had especially loved, old Terran songs, and drinking songs from the University.
She was still shaking long after she warmed up, but as the night wore on the fearful storm abated, and she finally slept.
The ships are ready to take off as soon as they're warmed up inside.
Some simple systems had to be warmed up, calculations made, drug inventories drawn on.