BUILD UP (TO STH)


Meaning of BUILD UP (TO STH) in English

to become greater, more powerful or larger in number :

All the pressure built up and he was off work for weeks with stress.

The music builds up to a rousing climax.

—related noun build-up (1)

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.