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build up
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Princeton's WordNet
build upverb
enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
"build up your savings"
build up, work up, build, progressverb
form or accumulate steadily
"Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
arm, build up, fortify, girdverb
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"
build up, work up, build, ramp upverb
bolster or strengthen
"We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
build up, developverb
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"
Wiktionary
build upverb
To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages
build upverb
To strengthen
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build up
Build up refers to the gradual accumulation or increase of something over time. This could be physical, such as the build-up of dirt or dust, emotional, such as the build up of tension or excitement, or metaphorical, such as the build up of skills or knowledge. It can also refer to the act of strengthening or developing something, such as building up muscles or building up a business.
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Build Up
Build Up is the solo debut by Rita Lee, originally released in 1970 during her time with Os Mutantes. Despite the moderate success of the single "José", the album failed to captivate listeners in Brazil. Due to the revived interest in Os Mutantes, the album has since gained a cult following in recent years with many considering it be one of her finest efforts.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of build up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of build up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of build up in a Sentence
He's a poet, a photographer, he's not aggressive. He wants to build up Venezuela, not destroy it.
That's a lot of elections to prepare for, and to build up the language capabilities, to build up the products, to build up the teams. That takes time.
Our interest is to build up financial technology in Asia and capitalise on the financial boom in Singapore and Shanghai.
We are creating a divided society, people don't feel like they are participating in what they consider to be American life through homeownership. All their work to build up savings can feel less meaningful in the face of rising prices.
Sen. Sanders has a good, obviously established network out here. Something to build from. So it's obviously going to be a different environment from what you saw in 2016, everyone here in Iowa City knows Bernie Sanders and that gives him an opportunity to go out there and talk to those folks, re-energize some of his folks and build up on Iowa City.
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