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'build up' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'build up' with 10 example sentences.


build up verb

: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

: form or accumulate steadily

: prepare oneself for a military confrontation

: bolster or strengthen

: change the use of and make available or usable


  • He exploited his position to build up his fortune.
  • First you have to build up your vocabulary.
  • The new president wants to build up the army.
  • I want to build up my vocabulary.
  • You must build up your courage.
  • He has built up his health through swimming.
  • The bones build up a skeleton.
  • The Allies continued to build up their forces in France.
  • The area is built up now.
  • Try to build up your strength.
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