Synonyms for work up

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1. build up, work up, build, progress(verb)

   form or accumulate steadily

   "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

   Synonyms:
   work out, fortify, get up, progress, come on, construct, go on, arm, build, come along, develop, move on, shape up, build up, pass on, march on, get along, advance, establish, gird, ramp up, get on, make

2. work up, get up(verb)

   develop

   "we worked up an as of an appetite"

   Synonyms:
   prink, drum, rise, prepare, stand up, build up, progress, mug up, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, get up, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, cram, arise, swot up, gussy up, bring up, organize, ramp up, swot, work out, tog out, raise, attire, organise, bone, turn out, fig out, dress up, trick out, devise, overdress, bone up, machinate, fig up, build

3. build up, work up, build, ramp up(verb)

   bolster or strengthen

   "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

   Synonyms:
   progress, develop, construct, make, fortify, get up, build up, establish, build, ramp up, arm, work out, gird

4. work out, work up(verb)

   come up with

   "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"

   Synonyms:
   work out, get up, progress, solve, work, puzzle out, figure, ramp up, reckon, cipher, lick, cypher, build, elaborate, build up, compute, figure out, calculate, exercise

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