Does Warm up Have a Hyphen?

Does Warm up Have a Hyphen?

warm-up. Warm-up is the noun that means the stretching you do before exercising or a game: Jenny did warm-ups before the soccer match. ... Warm up, without the hyphen but with the space, is a verb that shows one increasingly likes an idea or thing: Jenny began to warm up to the idea of going out for field hockey.

Is warm up one word or two?

APStylebook on Twitter: "Warmup is one word when it's a noun, warm up is two words as a verb.

How do you use warm up in a sentence?

Warm-up sentence example
  1. She dressed and went to the kitchen to warm up some food for him. ...
  2. The session kicks off with a 10-minute progressive warm-up and finishes with a 10-minute cool-down and stretch. ...
  3. A three-day sailing festival is the warm-up to three days of racing action.
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