Build Up

[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

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, con