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Build up

Build up Meaning & Definition
Build up Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Build up?

[v] enlarge or increase; "build up excitement"
[v] grow or intensify; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
[v] form steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"
[v] increase or strengthen gradually; "This investment is building interest"; "We worked up courage"
[v] prepare oneselg for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Build up: arm | build | fortify | gird | progress | work up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Build up: add to | advertise | agent provocateur | aggrandize | aggravate | amplify | annoy | assemble | augment | ballyhoo | bark | bill | bloat | blow up | boost | broaden | build | bulk | bulk out | bulletin | burlesque | caricature | carry too far | circularize | combine | compose | consist of | constitute | construct | crescendo | cry | cry up | deepen | deteriorate | develop | dilate | distend | draw the longbow | embitter | embody | enhance | enlarge | enter into | establish | exacerbate | exaggerate | exalt | exasperate | expand | extend | fabricate | fatten | fill out | form | give a write-up | give publicity | go into | go to extremes | heat up | heighten | hike | hike up | hot up | huff | hyperbolize | incorporate | increase | inflate | intensify | irritate | jack up | join | jump up | lay it on | lengthen | magnify | make | make acute | make much of | make up | make worse | maximize | merge in | mix | organize | overcharge | overdo | overdraw | overestimate | overpraise | overreach | overreact | oversell | overspeak | overstate | overstress | parlay | piece together | pile it on | placard | plug | post | post bills | post up | press-agent | promote | provoke | publicize | puff | puff up | pump | pump up | put together | put up | pyramid | raise | rarefy | sell | set up | sharpen | sour | spiel | stretch | stretch the truth | structure | sufflate | swell | synthesize | talk big | talk in superlatives | thicken | tout | travesty | unite in | up | widen | worsen | write up

See Also | develop | forearm | grow | increase | rearm | re-arm

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