work up, v.
freq. cnt. 5
freq. cnt. 5
form or accumulate steadily
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build build up progress work up
sample sentences
"Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly""Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
develop
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
get up work up
sample sentences
"we worked up an as of an appetite"verb frames
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semantic pointers
hypernym
come up with
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work out work up
sample sentences
"His colleagues worked out his interesting idea""We worked up an ad for our client"
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bolster or strengthen
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build build up ramp up work up
sample sentences
"We worked up courage""build up confidence"
"ramp up security in the airports"
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