- build someone up
- jemanden aufbauen
English-German idiom dictionary. 2013.
build someone up
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build someone's hopes — get someone’s hopes up/build someone’s hopes (up)/raise someone’s hopes/ phrase to make someone expect something that they want even though you are not certain it will happen I don’t want to raise her hopes about the promotion until I’m sure.… … Useful english dictionary
build someone's hopes up — get someone’s hopes up/build someone’s hopes (up)/raise someone’s hopes/ phrase to make someone expect something that they want even though you are not certain it will happen I don’t want to raise her hopes about the promotion until I’m sure.… … Useful english dictionary
build — 1 /bIld/ verb past tense and past participle built /bIlt/ 1 MAKE STH (I, T) to make something, especially a building or something large: Are they going to build on this land? | build sb sth: Nick said he d build us a fitted wardrobe. 2 MAKE STH… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
build — [[t]bɪ̱ld[/t]] ♦ builds, building, built 1) VERB If you build something, you make it by joining things together. [V n] Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site... [V n] The house was built in the early 19th century … English dictionary
build up — see build up 1) PHR V ERG If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it. [V P n (not pron)] The regime built up the largest army in Africa... [V P n (not pron)] The collection… … English dictionary
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build — [bɪld] verb built PTandPP [bɪlt] [transitive] 1. MANUFACTURING to make or put together large things such as buildings, cars, ships, roads etc: • New offices are being built on the site. • No new ships are being built at the yard now … Financial and business terms
build-up — n [C usually singular] 1.) an increase over a period of time build up of ▪ a heavy build up of traffic on the motorway 2.) a description of someone or something before an event in which you say they are very special or important ▪ The presenter… … Dictionary of contemporary English
build a case — ► LAW to collect facts and information in order to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty or not guilty: build a case for/against sb »Investigators are working to build a case against the three suspects. Main Entry: ↑build … Financial and business terms
build (up) a picture of — phrase to gradually develop an idea of what someone or something is like We need to build up a picture of the community’s needs. Thesaurus: to form an opinion, or to have an ideasynonym Main entry: build … Useful english dictionary
build up to — ˌbuild ˈup to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they build up to he/she/it builds up to present participle building up to past tense … Useful english dictionary
