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  • Definition
    • build up :enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
      • build up your savings

    • build up :form or accumulate steadily
      • Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly|Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

    • build up :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 :bolster or strengthen
      • We worked up courage|build up confidence|ramp up security in the airports

    • build up :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

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