warm up
Example Sentences
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If I go someplace to eat for lunch, I usually have leftovers to warm up.
From Los Angeles Times
Bikes are a staple at Olympic rinks here, as skaters use them to warm up, cool down and get some easy miles done.
While they waited for Auntie North to get their rooms, Danny and Glory warmed up inside.
From Literature
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Like that till we were all warmed up.
From Literature
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In a makeshift boxing ring etched into the sand between the tens of displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, a dozen young girls warmed up before delivering fierce blows at their coach's command.
From Barron's
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