LIMBER (UP) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

limber (up)

verb

Definition of limber (up)

as in to prop (up)

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There is still no significant break in the heat showing up in the extended forecast.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
And the Sox received a bit of a bad break in the eighth with a 1-hour, 28-minute rain delay that shortened Grant Taylor’s relief outing to one inning.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

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Bonta’s office, however, has argued that such behavioral remedies have proven impossible to enforce in the past.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
Some steps in finance exist because someone needs to safeguard an asset or enforce a rule; others because systems have grown around one another without sharing a clean record.

— Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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limber (up)

limbo

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