Sekirov Dictionary

muscle up

verb 3
/ˈmʌs.əl.ʌp/ noun 1
forms 4

verb3

•
To train the muscles for increased size and strength.
- We spent the summer trying to muscle up for football next term.
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(figurative) To make stronger or more powerful.
- Churchill had again thwarted the American impulse to muscle up in the Pacific theater at the expense of the Atlantic[…] — 2007
•
To force one's way into or through.
- There are only about ten tables, so you'll probably have to wait — or just muscle up to the bar like everyone else. — 2007

muscle-up

/ˈmʌs.əl.ʌp/

noun1

•
An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar to a position above the bar.
- The muscle-up starts from a hang with a high or false grip. — 1966

forms

muscled up · muscling up · muscles up · muscle-ups

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