to warm up
95
2.2
- phrasal verb
- /wɔrm ʌp/
:
calentarse
- A group of men was already warming up when Chuck arrived.
- warm up for 5 minutes
- time to warm up
- students warm up
And if I did wanna sing, do you have to warm up your vocal cords?
- And if I did wanna sing, do you have to warm up your vocal cords?
- I've warmed up a little bit and I'm ready to go.
- Nobody in the room, just warm up my body, stretch and warm up my voice.
Examples
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Before the big game, it is important to warm up with some light jogging and stretching.
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Participants were encouraged to warm up and stretch properly before testing.
Academic text (2012) -
- I just need to warm up a bit, I think.
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Teaching your students how to warm up on their own can also produce benefits.
Academic text (1995) -
I told them I should warm up for a while before I could play a song.
Fiction book (2002) -
But before we do that, let's warm up with two short exercises.
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The first time it happened, I was in seventh grade, warming up for a soccer tournament.
Academic text (2011) -
During submaximal exercise sessions, participants began by warming up for 2 minutes at 3.0 mph.
Academic text (2006) -
The majority (62.8%) reported usually warming up between 1 and 5 minutes.
Academic text (2014) -
I rubbed my arms to warm up; at the same time, my forehead was sweating.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
8
3.0
To make muscles less tight and more ready for exercise by stretching
4
4.8
To make the body or muscles bend and move easily by warming up
2
3.4
Prepare your body for exercise by stretching or doing light movements
Antonyms
How Prepared
Surface Forms
Morphology
The friendship sense is a metaphorical extension of the literal meanings 'warm' (to become warmer) and 'up' (increase): emotional 'warmth' maps to friendliness and 'warm up' therefore means 'become more friendly'. Because this requires recognizing a metaphorical shift (and phrasal-verb variability across contexts), a B1 learner who only knows the literal senses may not reliably infer the social meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Warm up — The phrasal verb warm up comes from the image of making your body a little hotter before hard exercise: people do light movements so muscles get warm and energy builds up. That's why it means 'to do gentle exercises to prepare the body for more intense activity'.