limbered (up)

past tense of limber (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbered (up)
Verb
  • The brazen daytime heist at the museum last Sunday stunned France, when four men, dressed as workmen, broke in through an upper floor window using a ladder on a moving truck.
    Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 26 Oct. 2025
  • News of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's divorce broke in September.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The $100,000 fee, if enforced, could disrupt the business model of large Indian IT outsourcing firms that recruit directly from overseas.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The contract may not even need to be enforced.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These past two days have reinforced for me the importance of codifying principles and creating a road map to achieve them.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Limbered (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbered%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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