warm (sb) up
— phrasal verb with warm uk/wɔːm/us/wɔːrm/verb [ I or T ]
to entertain people while they are waiting for a performance to start, for example by telling jokes:
He's got a job warming up for TV studio audiences.
He was warming the audience up with his world-famous jokes.
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Entertainers in general
- acrobat
- bullfight
- compere
- duo
- emcee
- escape artist
- escort
- fool
- geisha
- impresario
- jester
- joker
- matador
- mimic
- picador
- puppeteer
- roadshow
- showgirl
- snake charmer
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