muscle up

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muscle up

verb muscles up · muscling up · muscled up

  1. intransitive, transitive To train the muscles for increased size and strength. We spent the summer trying to muscle up for football next term.
  2. intransitive 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.
  3. figuratively, intransitive, transitive 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[…]

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verb to train the muscles for increased size and strength

Françaisse muscler, prendre du muscle

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@misc{muscle_up_2026,
  title = {muscle up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muscle%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}