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1. WordNet® 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]

Thesaurus Results for work up:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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