Usually means: Increases intensity or effort gradually.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. works up: Merriam-Webster
  2. works up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. works up: Vocabulary.com
  4. works up: Wiktionary
  5. works up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. works up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. works up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. works up: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. works up: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. works up: Idioms


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