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(v)
build up
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work up
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build
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progress
form or accumulate steadily
“Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly”
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“Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border”
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(v)
work up
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get up
develop
“we worked up an as of an appetite”
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(v)
build up
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work up
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build
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ramp up
bolster or strengthen
“We worked up courage”
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“build up confidence”
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“ramp up security in the airports”
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(v)
work out
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work up
come up with
“His colleagues worked out his interesting idea”
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“We worked up an ad for our client”
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