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Definition of Build up
- enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"
- 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"
- form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager''s plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
- bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
Hyponyms: redevelop, settle, rearm, re-arm, forearm
Grouped Verbs: train, develop, prepare, educate, modernize, modernise, make grow, build, work up, ramp up, progress
Derivational Morphology: buildup, development, exploitation, developer, advancement, progress, fortification, garrison, fort, armor, armour, arming, armament, equipping, weapon, arm, weapon system
Anagrams: buildup
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