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build up
US /bɪld ʌp/
・UK /bild ʌp/
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phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo increase the amount; collect something
It can be expensive to build up a CD collection
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo develop or increase something in stages
I need to build up my fitness if I want to participate in the cycle race
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo develop an area with buildings and roads
The mayor announced his plans to build up the city
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To increase or develop something gradually.
The company is trying to build up its customer base.
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To praise or encourage someone.
The coach tried to build up the team's confidence before the game.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo praise or encourage someone.
The coach tried to build up the team's confidence before the game.
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How Your Birth Month Impacts Your Success
- The small advantages at an early age can build up into bigger advantages in adulthood.
The small advantages at an early age can build up into bigger advantages in adulthood.
- The skills learned by the older students early in school can build up and increase their advantage when applying to university later on.
The skills learned by the older students early in school can build up and increase their advantage when applying to university later on.
I Accidentally Became A Meme: You Can't See John Cena
- Build up to the crescendo and horns and the brass
Build up to the crescendo and horns and the brass
The Science Behind the Massive Turkey-Syria Earthquakes | WSJ
- The strain will build up and, finally, it will rupture and release all that accumulated strain in a large earthquake.
The strain will build up and, finally, it will rupture and release all that accumulated strain in a large earthquake.
How Singapore Got So Crazy Rich
- So if they wanted to develop an export-led economy and attract foreign capital, they would need to build up the country's manufacturing industry.
So if they wanted to develop an export-led economy and attract foreign capital, they would need to build up the country's manufacturing industry.
- they would need to build up the country's manufacturing industry.
they would need to build up the country's manufacturing industry.
Why Cat Bites Are Actually So Dangerous | RTC 35
- What's cool about caffeine is that while your body does build up a tolerance, getting your body to get rid of that tolerance is a fairly quick process, meaning just doing a few days without coffee will allow your body to get a really strong kick of caffeine on the fourth or fifth day when you actually reintroduce it.
What's cool about caffeine is that while your body does build up a tolerance, getting your body to get rid of that tolerance is a fairly quick process, meaning just doing a few days without coffee will allow your body to get a really strong kick of caffeine on the fourth or fifth day when you actually reintroduce it.
- is that while your body does build up a tolerance,
is that while your body does build up a tolerance,
What Happened To Etsy?
- And then perhaps it'll be a way to kind of build up trust, which is like, "Let us set the price." I think what also they're missing is that we are not into having these third parties.
And then perhaps it'll be a way to kind of build up trust, which is like, "Let us set the price." I think what also they're missing is that we are not into having these third parties.
- perhaps it'll be a way to kind of build up trust, which
perhaps it'll be a way to kind of build up trust, which
How "Dad Shoes" Turned New Balance Into A $5 Billion Brand
- Not only had they been doing a lot of work to build up the credibility of the brand and the fashion aspects of the brand,
Not only had they been doing a lot of work to build up the credibility of the brand and the fashion aspects of the brand,
- build up the credibility of the brand and the fashion
build up the credibility of the brand and the fashion
Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time
- Even things like murder, he would do the build-up and cut away.
Even things like murder, he would do the build-up and cut away.
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
- where an extra gene that suppresses the build-up of a rotting enzyme. But GM food
where an extra gene that suppresses the build-up of a rotting enzyme. But GM food
How Tokyo Made Itself Earthquake-Proof
- The forces that cause earthquakes build up really slowly over hundreds or thousands of years, so even a fairly accurate earthquake forecast is give or take a few centuries. And that doesn't really answer my question of: Do I have to go to work today, or will I be dead by noon anyway?
The forces that cause earthquakes build up really slowly over hundreds or thousands of years, so even a fairly accurate earthquake forecast is give or take a few centuries. And that doesn't really answer my question of: Do I have to go to work today, or will I be dead by noon anyway?