Build up
Build up verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In Justice League Unlimited, The Flash once literally ran around the world to build up enough momentum to punch the Braniac out of Brainthor.
Source: Enhanced Punch -
In the Justice League Unlimited season two finale, Wally West's run around the goddamn planet to build up enough momentum to punch through the merged Luthor-Brainiac being's armor.
Source: Big Heroic Run - The Justice League Unlimited episode "Divided We Fall" has the entire original core seven completely trounced by Brainthor... except for The Flash who then proceeds to circle the globe in a matter of seconds in order to build up the momentum to beat the everloving crap out of him.
Source: All Up to You
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League and Build up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build_up/league
Build up & League. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/build_up/league>.
League or Build up. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build_up/league.
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