limber up

verb

limbered up; limbering up; limbers up

: to prepare for physical activity by doing exercises so that one's body can move and bend more easily

She limbered up for a few minutes before starting to run.

—sometimes used figuratively

She limbered up for the election by learning the relevant statistics.

Examples of limber up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The other day, a squad of dancers stretched and limbered up in the halls as, outside, the lions stayed still. — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

For Gen Z, lacing up their sneakers and limbering up may be more popular than shopping at luxury stores. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026

Next to me line cooks, sous-chefs, and other assorted restaurant workers clad in athleisure are limbering up in the middle of a narrow street in downtown Manhattan, the skyscrapers casting us into shadow in the sunny weather. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for limber up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup