flex one's muscles



flex one's muscles

Show off one's strength or power, as in The boys love flexing their muscles, or The new department head has decided to flex her muscles. [Early 1900s]
See also: flex, muscle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sigibert-Ancient Germanic
&Aelig;Sc-Anglo-Saxon
Cirila-Slovene
VeeraVE:-rahFinnish
HineHEE-neMaori
Chloe['kləui]