verb
- Run until the normal working temperature is reached.
- usage: "We warmed up the car for a few minutes"
- Become more friendly or open.
- usage: "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
- Get warm or warmer.
- usage: "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
- synonyms: warm
- Cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles.
- usage: "The coach warmed up the players before the game"
- Make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity.
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