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muscular strength
- I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture
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2
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
- at the time the military lacked the muscle to fight two wars at once
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muscle
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of muscle (Entry 2 of 2)
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to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
- he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters
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The first known use of muscle was in the 14th century
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