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build up

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

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To acknowledge the truth would have meant admitting that for years they had overlooked the build-up of an unsustainable construction boom that now threatens to bankrupt the entire country.

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