Perform and Work up

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Perform verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

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Work up and perform are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work up" instead a verb "Perform".

Work up verb - To produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort.

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Perform and work up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Perform" instead a verb "Work up".

The Doug episode "Doug's No Dummy" had Doug work up a ventriliquism act (after Roger entered him in the school talent show), only to see Chalky Studebaker perform a similar act with two dummies.

Source: They Stole Our Act
The original No More Heroes suffered from this: In order to enter into ranking fights with opposing assassins, you have to first perform side jobs and miscellaneous assassination requests to work up the cash needed to enter the fights.

Source: Fake Longevity

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