eng: build up

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Meaning
means	(verb) enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings" build up
means	(verb) form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" build up, progress, work up, build
means	(verb) 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" gird, fortify, build up, arm
means	(verb) bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" build up, ramp up, build, work up
means	(verb) 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" build up, develop