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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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warm up

[warm up] {v.} 1. To reheat cooked food. * /Mr. Jones was so late that his dinner got cold; his wife had to warm it up./ * /When the children […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

warm-up

[warm-up] {n.} A period of exercise or practice in preparation for a game or other event. * /During the warm-up the baseball players were throwing the ball around and running […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

warm one's blood

[warm one's blood] {v. phr.} To make you feel warm or excited. * /When the Bakers came to visit on a cold night, Mr. Harmon offered them a drink to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

warm out

[warm out] {v. phr.} To learn through persistent questioning; draw out from. * /I finally wormed out of her the reason she broke off her engagement to Larry./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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