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muscle

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1 muscular strength

I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture

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energy,
vigor

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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

Synonyms & Antonyms of muscle (Entry 2 of 2)

1 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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drag

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twist one's arm

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2 to force one's way

muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship

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“Muscle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muscle. Accessed 27 Jan. 2021.

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