build up

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  build up — verb — english

  enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"

• March 21. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  build up — verb — english

  form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

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  build up — verb — english

  prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

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  build up — verb — english

  bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

• March 21. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  build up — verb — english

  change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"