Show and Work up

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Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.

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

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

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

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Show and work up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Show" 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
In the third episode, her lesbian friend Gretchen (who is, incidentally, Alex frickin' Cabot, a major source of this trope on her own show) has to work up the willpower to stop seeing her.

Source: Even the Girls Want Her

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