Verbs in english starting with B

• build up — Verb – English ～ bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
• bob up — Verb – English ～ originate or come into being; "a question arose"
• bump up — Verb – English ～ increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil"
• bolster up — Verb – English ～ support and strengthen; "bolster morale"
• burn up — Verb – English ～ burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
• brush up — Verb – English ～ bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
• buck up — Verb – English ～ gain courage
• block up — Verb – English ～ render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
• bubble up — Verb – English ～ move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically; "Gases bubbled up from the earth"; "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"
• burn up — Verb – English ～ burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"
• bear down upon — Verb – English ～ sail towards another vessel, of a ship
• bear upon — Verb – English ～ have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
• build upon — Verb – English ～ be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"
• bullet vote — Verb – English ～ vote cumulatively and distribute the votes according to some principle
• bear witness — Verb – English ～ provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
• bear witness — Verb – English ～ give testimony in a court of law

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