work up

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to develop or improve sth with some effort

In the movies · 3

• ...he works himself up to $17.50. - Got more gum?His Girl Friday1940
• - Work yourself up. - Does this mean they're coming?Spielberg2017
• I've worked myself up from nothing to extreme poverty. What do you say?Monkey Business1931
• Work up the trailhead.Triple Frontier2019
• Anyway, I finally work up the nerve and telic him,The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008
• It took me a while to work up the courage.High Fidelity2000
• No, work yourself up even more. Work yourself up.Spielberg2017
• They get worked up.Up in the Air2009

Learn it in full scenes

• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• Spielberg2017
  • Spielberg Hides the Shark
  • Spielberg Takes the Camera
  • Spielberg Gets His Universal Contract

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