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 a ramp!The Lego Movie2014
• To build all this.Elemental2023
• Build it? Oh, no.Oppenheimer2023
• Build. Build. Build.Creed2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Suddenly, Last Summer1959
  • A Doctor, a Letter, and Money
  • Mrs. Venable Meets Dr. Cukrowicz
  • Mrs. Venable Shows the Garden
• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

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