Main entry: build up
Definition: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
Usage: build up your savings
Definition: change the use of and make available or usable
Usage: develop land; The country developed its natural resources; The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
Main entry: work up, progress, build, build up
Definition: form or accumulate steadily
Usage: Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly; Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
Main entry: build, build up, ramp up, work up
Definition: bolster or strengthen
Usage: We worked up courage; build up confidence; ramp up security in the airports
Main entry: gird, build up, fortify, arm
Definition: prepare oneself for a military confrontation
Usage: The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East; troops are building up on the Iraqi border