work up

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verb

1. form or accumulate steadily (Freq. 4)
- Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
- Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
• Syn:
build up, build, progress
• Derivationally related forms:
progress (for: progress)
• Hypernyms:
develop
• Verb Group:
build, build up, ramp up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. develop (Freq. 1)
- we worked up an as of an appetite
• Syn:
get up
• Hypernyms:
grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. bolster or strengthen
- We worked up courage
- build up confidence
- ramp up security in the airports
• Syn:
build up, build, ramp up
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Verb Group:
build up, build, progress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. come up with
- His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
- We worked up an ad for our client
• Syn:
work out
• Hypernyms:
develop, make grow
• Verb Group:
elaborate, work out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something