Build up
Build up verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Both terms in one sentence
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Pent-Up Power Peril: Elsa has grown up fearing her powers and trying to avoid using them, which just causes the power to build up and leak out (which makes her even more afraid of losing control of her powers, so she clamps down even more, which only leads to an ever repetitive cycle).
Source: Disney / Frozen -
Meanwhile the Arcanics are trying to build up their forces and discover the cause of the blast, the Sword of the East fears that the humans still have the means to dominate the battlefield while the Ancestors and noble court have grown too indolent to adequately wage a war.
Source: Comic Book / Monstress
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