1. warm up - Noun
2. warm up - Verb
make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
exercising in preparation for strenuous activity
cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
become more friendly or open
get warm or warmer
run until the normal working temperature is reached
performing mild exercises to prepare for some more strenuous activity
Source: WordNetwarm-up
Always warm up the audience with a joke....If you are not a particularly funny person, make sure that you inform them that it's a joke. Jacob M. Appel
Most copywriters are like engines. They take a while to warm up to get to the point. Drayton Bird
I practice every day, I warm up before I play. Travis Barker
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature. Xun Zi
Quite, quite,' she thought with a little sigh. 'It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish somebody would write a story sometime about the people who warm up the heroes afterward. Tove Jansson
You warm up something for ten days and it goes cold in one. Japanese Proverb