work up
work
wɜ:k
vēk
up
ƌp
ap
/wˈɜːk ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "work up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to work up
[phrase form: work]
01

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gradually but consistently strive to achieve something or make something happen
to work up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Work up your stamina for the marathon.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to feel upset or emotional
to work up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden loss worked up a wave of grief in the community.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to improve a skill, idea, or project by putting effort
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Taking on new responsibilities can work up leadership skills.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce new ideas or plans
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She worked up a plan for the community outreach program.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāωāϟāϰāĻŋāϚ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to actively strengthen something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The competition worked up a spirit of friendly rivalry.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϤāύāĻž āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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