Meanings
verbcramp up (third-person singular simple present cramps up, present participle cramping up, simple past and past participle cramped up)
present singular third person cramps up · participle present cramping up · participle past cramped up · past cramped up
- intransitiveTo become affected with muscle cramps.
I was wondering if you could let me out of this chest. I've been locked in here so long, I'm starting to cramp up like you wouldn't believe.
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Hooktail Castle
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