get stiff
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To gradually become rigid or develop sore muscles. (More informal)
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- You'll get stiff if you don't have a hot bath after that workout.
- My muscles often get stiff after a long session at the gym.
- Working in the garden all day can really make your back get stiff.
- If you sit still for too long, your legs will start to get stiff.
- The cold wind made his fingers get so stiff he couldn't tie his shoelaces.
- Regular stretching helps prevent your joints from getting stiff.
- She complained that her neck always used to get stiff when she slept on her stomach.
- Don't let the clay get too stiff before you start molding it.
- After being confined to bed for weeks, his limbs had started to get quite stiff.
- I find that my knees tend to get stiff in the mornings.