to gradually prepare yourself or someone else for something that you are going to say or do
All this is clearly building up to something.
Do them slowly and gently, and gradually build up to the repetitions suggested.
Give them time together and gradually build up to going out and leaving him in charge.
Gradually build up to three sets three times a week.
If you're not especially fit, build up to this gradually.
She’d been building up all week to telling them she was leaving.
You can gradually build up to 45 minutes of exercise which you can do four or five times a week.
builds up to
building up to
built up to
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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