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build up

verb

  1. To erect; to construct.

  2. To close up by building.

    "to build up a door"

  3. To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.

    "Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up."

Synonymsamass, heap up, close, close off, cover, shut
Antonymsbuild down

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