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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. form or accumulate steadily;
- Example: "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"
- Example: "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
[syn: build up, work up, build, progress]

2. develop;
- Example: "we worked up an as of an appetite"
[syn: work up, get up]

3. bolster or strengthen;
- Example: "We worked up courage"
- Example: "build up confidence"
- Example: "ramp up security in the airports"
[syn: build up, work up, build, ramp up]

4. come up with;
- Example: "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"
- Example: "We worked up an ad for our client"
[syn: work out, work up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

work up
    v 1: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's
         plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the
         Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up,
         build, progress]
    2: develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite" [syn: work up,
       get up]
    3: bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up
       confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" [syn: build
       up, work up, build, ramp up]
    4: come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting
       idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client" [syn: work out,
       work up]