Collocations for "muscles"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "muscles" in context.
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muscle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [bicep, leg, arm, stomach] muscles
- has [strong, weak, toned, stiff] muscles
- [tone, build up, boost] your muscles
- go to the gym to [tone] your muscles
- [workouts, exercises] to tone your muscles
- was [flexing, showing off] his muscles
- has a [torn, sprained] muscle
- [tore] a muscle (while) [playing football, bending down, working out]
- the [largest, strongest, smallest] muscle in the body
- her muscles were aching from
- his muscles have grown [weak, frail] from
- weak muscles from a lack of [movement, calcium]
- need to put some muscle into the [cleaning, scrubbing, polishing]
- put some muscle into the [foreign, defense] policy
- muscle in on their [patch, territory, land]
- the [enemy, competitor] is muscling in on our [territory]
- muscled his way [in, through the crowd, up to the bar]
- muscle your way into the [discussion, debate, conversation]
- muscled his way out (of)
- muscle a [van, car, wreck] out of a [ditch, ravine, stream]
- [running, dancing, aerobics] (had) muscled her [thighs, legs]
- have muscle [aches, pain]
- calculate your muscle mass
- suffer from muscle [cramps, spasms]
- muscle-toning [workouts, sessions, exercises]
- a muscle-training [session, plan, program]
'muscles' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ache
- aching
- beef
- brain
- calf
- contract
- core
- cramp
- expand
- fatigue
- firm
- flex
- freeze
- hard
- hone
- huge
- inner
- knead
- leg
- limp
- massage
- muscle
- neck
- orgasm
- powerful
- pulse
- recoil
- relax
- relaxed
- relaxing
- ripple
- seize
- shape
- taut
- tense
- tension
- thigh
- tighten
- tone
- torque
- walking
- waste
- wasted
- weak
- working