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chin up

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Verb1.chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
chin
gymnastics, gymnastic exercise - a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"


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Held her chin up and looked you up and down with eyes the colour of Scotch whisky, as much as to say, "Well, what
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
She had an elfin chin that was capable of great expression; and whenever she gave this look, she hitched this chin up.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
You know his old way of holdin' his chin up and throwin' his head back a leetle when he got up to say anything?
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
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