build up

build up (http://definr.com/build up)

     v 1: enlarge or increase; "build up excitement"
     2: form steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up
        quickly" [syn: work up, build, progress]
     3: grow or intensify; "Pressure is building up at the
        Indian-Pakistani border"
     4: prepare for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is arming
        Saudi Arabia" [syn: arm, fortify, gird] [ant: disarm]
     5: increase or strengthen gradually; "This investment is
        building interest"; "We worked up courage" [syn: work up,
         build]