I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Now senior officers fear the organisation is limbering up for a wave of further atrocities.
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On the whole we are, until suddenly panic reigns and we must rush to a class again and limber up.
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Outside in the passage Ferris was prancing gently on his toes like a runner limbering for a race.
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So she walked to limber her muscles.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm not even limber enough to touch my toes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It hasn't hurt my playing any, though, but I have to practise more to keep myself limber .
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Like well-toned athletes and good musicians, economies work best when they are flexible and limber , rather than brittle and stiff.
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Marian was amazed at her limber body.
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This was how he learned to stay limber .
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With their coiled energy, jumps, louche shoulder work, insinuating hips and limber backs, they look like real dancers.