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Work up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To raise; to excite; to stir up.

    "He worked up the public's passions to rage."

  2. 2
    develop wordnet
  3. 3
    To develop.

    "I shall have worked up an appetite with all this heavy work."

  4. 4
    come up with wordnet
  5. 5
    To give (a patient) a general medical examination to assess health and fitness. transitive
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  1. 6
    form or accumulate steadily wordnet
  2. 7
    To use up (material, etc.). obsolete, transitive
  3. 8
    bolster or strengthen wordnet
  4. 9
    To set at an irksome or needless task. obsolete

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