"muscle up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: muscles up [present, singular, third-person], muscling up [participle, present], muscled up [participle, past], muscled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} muscle up (third-person singular simple present muscles up, present participle muscling up, simple past and past participle muscled up)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To train the muscles for increased size and strength. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-muscle_up-en-verb-8hvZs3PV
  2. (intransitive) To force one's way into or through. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Bodybuilding, Exercise
    Sense id: en-muscle_up-en-verb-MS0TzVIy Disambiguation of Bodybuilding: 28 53 20 Disambiguation of Exercise: 34 47 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 72 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 67 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 24 63 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 67 11
  3. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To make stronger or more powerful. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-muscle_up-en-verb-sRkpLjv6

Inflected forms

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