muscle-up

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An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar to a position above the bar

The muscle-up starts from a hang with a high or false grip.

To train the muscles for increased size and strength

We spent the summer trying to muscle up for football next term.

To force one's way into or through

There are only about ten tables, so you'll probably have to wait — or just muscle up to the bar like everyone else.

To make stronger or more powerful

Churchill had again thwarted the American impulse to muscle up in the Pacific theater at the expense of the Atlantic.