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- noun Plural form of
press-up .
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Examples
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He's got silly hair, he does press-ups, they play The One And Only while he introduces himself.
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We practised in our narrow hallway – in my mind these lessons form a Rocky-style montage sequence in which press-ups, sit-ups and endless punches were combined with philosophy "absorb the pain" and talk of a mysterious inner force called the Hara.
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I particularly enjoyed the look she keeps giving people who clearly would have liked to have seen her doing press-ups in the car park until she repaid the money or her ears began to bleed … on November 7, 2009 at 10: 30 am 24/7 Inspector
Lift The Stone Just A Little Bit Higher and………… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The strength was illustrated most literally by the goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and the forward Theo Walcott, who dropped down to do celebratory press-ups in front of the travelling fans.
Arsène Wenger says win at Chelsea can fire Arsenal against Marseille 2011
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Mandatory sets of press-ups between Roy Hodgson's endlessly tedious defensive drills?
Another humiliating defeat Sean Ingle 2010
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Surely the ability to do hundreds of press-ups is of less importance than ones state of mind. on March 5, 2009 at 5: 55 pm | Reply whichendbites
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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“Surely the ability to do hundreds of press-ups is of less importance than ones state of mind.”
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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"It should be part of a visual education, in the same way that doing press-ups is part of an athlete's training."
Artists' self-portraits to raise money for drawing campaign Vanessa Thorpe 2010
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That's him sat down, not like the other clowns, performing acrobatics on the bar, or press-ups in the box, or running on the spot, togged out in turtleneck pyjama-suits with hands as stunted as a bunch of thumbs, hands that are bandaged or swaddled with gloves, laughable, frying-pan, sausage-man gloves.
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Exercise must be irregular and ferocious – Taleb often does four hours in the gym or 360 press-ups and then nothing for 10 days.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom « Isegoria 2008
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