Meaning of BUILD UP

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[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"
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	Synonyms:		arm, build, fortify, gird, progress, work up
	Antonyms:		demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm
	See Also:		develop, forearm, grow, increase, rearm, re-arm
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		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