build on

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to use sth as a basis for further progress

   We can build on that. For their sake,

   Something Coach Ulbrickson can hope to build on.

In the movies · 3

• ...there'll be a new building on that lot...Suddenly, Last Summer1959
• We can build on that. For their sake,The Godfather Part III1990
• So you need to build on this at the press conference.Too Big to Fail2011
• Something Coach Ulbrickson can hope to build on.The Boys in the Boat2023
• Build. Build. Build.Creed2015
• To build all this.Elemental2023
• Build a spaceship?The Lego Movie2014
• It builds their confidence.Before Midnight2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Suddenly, Last Summer1959
  • A Doctor, a Letter, and Money
  • Mrs. Venable Meets Dr. Cukrowicz
  • Mrs. Venable Shows the Garden
• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis
• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance

From the same entry

• castles in the air
• Rome wasn't built in a day
• build around
• build in
• build up
• build up to
• build up
• build up
• build up