Build up
Build up verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Both terms in one sentence
- Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama from Mob Psycho 100 starts out the series as trying to be one of these due to his powers growing more unstable as his emotions build up inside him.
Source: Emotionless Girl -
The growing isolation and corruption of the city was an issue Arslan's party had to settle to build up the 50,000 men army ordered by Andragoras.
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The build up of fight between Anguirus and the dragons in the campground does closely resemble the Digimon plot, with key elements like the malign giant monster (Garble) destroying a bridge, and the smaller good monster (Anguirus) growing in size to save two bystanders from falling debris.
Source: What Could Have Been
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