warm up
/ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/ verb- To become warmer. · He came inside to warm up.
- To heat or reheat (e.g. food). · I couldn't be bothered to cook another meal so I just warmed up yesterday's leftovers.
- To reach, or cause to reach, a normal operating temperature (of a car for example). · These old valve radios take a few minutes to warm up.
- To do gentle exercise, stretching etc., in order to prepare the body for more vigorous exercise. · It is important to warm up properly before your gym session.
- To prepare for an activity by carrying out a practice or preparation routine. · The band were already on stage, warming up for the gig.
- To make (an audience) enthusiastic or animated before a show. · Rich knew how to warm up the audience of The Price is Right. His good looks and charming personality made even that special.
- Synonym of warm (to favor increasingly).
- Synonym of warm (“prepopulate a cache”).
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And most people when they put a pie in the oven to warm up for dinner take it out and eat it when it gets hot instead of leaving it to be burned to a crisp.
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