make flexible
Allow more give
To make flexible is to cause something to become bendable, adaptable, or less rigid.
The phrase applies to physical materials—heat can make metal flexible—and to abstract things like schedules, rules, or attitudes: We need to make our policies more flexible to accommodate remote workers.
Stretching exercises make muscles flexible.
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- suppleFlexing without damage
- limberBending without resistance
- warm upPrepare body for exercise
- malleableCapable of being shaped
bend · bend over backwards · pliable · loosen · loosen up · twist · reconfigurable · soften · lithe · knead · break in · modular · accommodating · give and take · pliant · floppy · adjustable · open-minded