warm (sb) up
— phrasal verb with warm /wɔːm/
/wɔːrm/ verb [I or T] Definition
› to entertain people while they are waiting for a performance to start, for example by telling jokes: He's got a job warming up for TV studio audiences. He was warming the audience up with his world-famous jokes.Entertainers in general
(Definition of warm (sb) up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acrobat noun
- clown noun
- contortionist noun
- drum majorette noun
- duo noun
- entertainer noun
- escort noun (SOCIAL COMPANION)
- fool noun (PERSON)
- geisha noun
- jester noun
- joker noun (FUNNY PERSON)
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