Build up
Build up verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Join
Join verb - To be adjacent to.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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This is especially true if you decide to build up your Strength stat, join the Martial Arts club, and/or use primarily violent elimination methods on your rivals.
Source: Dark Action Girl -
We watch him form the Warriors, scout for talent, and build up their "rep" in order to join the Riffs' syndicate.
Source: Video Game / The Warriors - Henry Ford: Flees America to join with Nazi Germany when he sees the writing on the wall in America, teaming up with Albert Speer to build up the economies of the Axis to be better suited for total war.
Source: Literature / Reds
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Join and Build up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build_up/join
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Join or Build up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build_up/join.
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