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

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

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

Rundstedt's job has been to put muscle on a defense skeleton.

From Time Magazine Archive