"loosening up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: loosening ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loosening up (countable and uncountable, plural loosening ups)
  1. The action of relaxing, especially relaxing the muscles before exercise, sport, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-loosening_up-en-noun-EK9MzlFc

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} loosening up
  1. present participle and gerund of loosen up Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: loosen up
    Sense id: en-loosening_up-en-verb-2zhDBca1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

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