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stiffen up

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stiffen something up
to make something rigid or tense. He added a little starch to the rinse water to stiffen his collars up a bit. The cold draft has stiffened up my neck.
See also: up

stiffen up

to become stiff. The bread dough stiffened up as it got cold. My knees began to stiffen up after I sat still for an hour.
See also: up


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Or may the good Lord help you if you just stiffen up and talk like a robot when a woman gets within twenty yards of you and looks straight at you.
The problem for Drew has been advancing past BP without having his back stiffen up, but Francona said, "This is as encouraged as he's been in a long time.
I started to really stiffen up and could not walk," he explains.
 
 
 
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