put muscle on
Example Sentences
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Not only was he 7 feet tall, but he had the kind of build you could put muscle on.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2011
But it was the President's private sessions with Ky and Chief of State Thieu that put muscle on the skeleton of public rhetoric in Honolulu.
From Time Magazine Archive
I walk around at about 192 lb., and I had to get up to 228 and put muscle on, not fat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rundstedt's job has been to put muscle on a defense skeleton.
From Time Magazine Archive
