warm-up
Nouns
Verbs
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(v) run until the normal working temperature is reached
- We warmed up the car for a few minutes
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(v) become more friendly or open
- She warmed up after we had lunch together
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(v) get warm or warmer
- The soup warmed slowly on the stove
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(v) cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
- The coach warmed up the players before the game
- (v) make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity limber up, loosen up,