tolerance build-up

tolerance Noun

— Your tolerance for drugs, alcohol, danger, pain, etc. is your ability to take them without a bad effect. — Tolerance is the ability to accept the opinions, beliefs and customs of other people.

build Verb

— If you build something, you make it out of pieces of other things. I built the house with wood and stone. When the old bridge was built, the cars were slower. It's not easy to find the people who build bombs. We drove down the newly built roads. — If you build something, you make it bigger, stronger, or better. This is a new idea that others can build upon. This plan gives us a foundation on which to build better, long-term water-sharing agreements. Baseball players drink milk to build muscles. The school is building a reputation for good teaching.

build Noun

— Your build is the shape of your body. He was a man of medium build with short hair. — A build is a version of a computer program. I downloaded the latest build last night to test it.

up Preposition

— Toward the top or toward the sky. The balloon went up.

up Adjective

— In a high position. The flag is up. — . It was an up day. — optimistic. He is feeling up. — Put in trust, entrusted. It is up to you. — ing, occurring. What’s up? They act like something is up. — . Something is up with him. — Planning, plotting mischief. He is up to something. — ed. It is all up with them.

up Noun

— State of being up, often with down. Life has its ups and downs.

up Verb

— Increase, increment. We upped the dosage.