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v. <!--EOF_HEAD--> <!--BOF_SUBHEAD-->
mus·cled, mus·cling,
mus·cles Informal
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<!--BOF_HEAD--> v. <!--EOF_HEAD-->
<!--BOF_SUBHEAD--> intr.
<!--EOF_SUBHEAD--> <!--BOF_DEF--> To make one's way by
or as if by force: muscled into the conversation.
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<!--EOF_SUBHEAD--> <!--BOF_DEF--> To move or force with
strength: muscled legislation through Congress.
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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mūsculus, diminutive
of mūs, mouse; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.]
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<!--BOF_DEF--> mus'cly
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