Meaning of muscle up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To train the muscles for increased size and strength.
   intransitive, transitive
2. To force one's way into or through.
   intransitive
3. To make stronger or more powerful.
   figuratively, intransitive, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“We spent the summer trying to muscle up for football next term.”

“There are only about ten tables, so you'll probably have⟳ to wait⟳ — or just muscle up to the bar like⟳ everyone else.”

“Churchill had again thwarted the American impulse to muscle up in the Pacific theater at the expense of the Atlantic[…]”

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