build up to

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to prepare for a particular moment or event

   Well, it's been building up to it. Has it?

In the movies · 1

• Well, it's been building up to it. Has it?Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983
• We'll build up to it step-by-step.Sing 22021
• ...if there was a reason to build up the region...Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• and that should build up your stamina.Don't Worry Darling2022
• Billy Hope in the six week build up to this fight has kept saying All business all businessSouthpaw2015
• You wanna build up his bona fides, right?Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
• ...it builds up from inside me.August Rush2007
• A time to break down and a time to build up.Wedding Crashers2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift

From the same entry

• castles in the air
• Rome wasn't built in a day
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