muscle up

se muscler

Faire de l’exercice pour avoir des muscles plus gros et plus forts.

En anglais simple : To exercise so that your muscles become bigger and stronger.

• He wants to muscle up.
• She muscled up by lifting weights every morning.
• The players are muscling up before the season starts.

Comment l'utiliser : muscle up for something (He's muscling up for the rugby season.)

Synonymes : bulk up, build muscle

Expressions courantes : muscle up for something, muscle up quickly, muscle up at home

renforcer, muscler

Rendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose plus fort ou plus puissant.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something stronger or more powerful.

• The club wants to muscle up its defence.
• They muscled up the engine with new parts.
• Extra funding should help muscle up the rescue service.

Comment l'utiliser : muscle something up (The new recruits will muscle the team up.)

Synonymes : strengthen, beef up, reinforce

Contraires : weaken

Expressions courantes : muscle up something, muscle up defences, muscle up a team

se frayer un passage en force

Utiliser sa force physique pour entrer quelque part ou se frayer un passage.

En anglais simple : To use physical strength to push your way into or through a place.

• He muscled up through the crowd.
• Two guards muscled up into the blocked entrance.
• We had to muscle up through the people outside.

Comment l'utiliser : muscle up through something (He muscled up through the packed crowd.); muscle up into something (She muscled up into the crowded doorway.)

Synonymes : push through, force one's way

Expressions courantes : muscle up through something, muscle up into something