Build up
Build up verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Both terms in one sentence
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He later stole the roboticizer from Uncle Chuck, who seemed way too open about it given what it could do, gaining the means to build up his robot army.
Source: Born Lucky - At first gaining notice as Rin Tohsaka, she continued to build up her record from then on.
Source: Creator / Kana Ueda - As they have recently started out, their content is slowly starting to build up with a few finished plays on their channel and both are slowly gaining views around YouTube, mostly based on close friends subscribing and watching.
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Gaining and Build up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build_up/gaining
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