You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 5.

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Today’s word is muscle, spelled m-u-s-c-l-e.

muscle /ˈmʌsəl/ verb

Merriam-Webster: to move or force by or as if by muscular effort

They muscled him out of the office.

They muscled the heavy boxes onto the truck.

They muscled the furniture up the stairs.

to force your way into a place or situation

Starks muscled his way to the basket.

Amanda muscled in on our meeting.

He muscled through the crowd.

They muscled into line behind us.

Much as before, Biden could try to muscle infrastructure reform through Congress using only Democratic votes.

— BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021

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