work-up
Verbs
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(v) 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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(v) develop
- we worked up an as of an appetite
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(v) bolster or strengthen
- We worked up courage
- build up confidence
- ramp up security in the airports
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(v) come up with
- His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
- We worked up an ad for our client