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What (who) is build-up - definition
1968 SINGLE BY THE FOUNDATIONS
Build Me Up, Buttercup
build-up
also buildup, build up
(build-ups)
1.
A build-up is a gradual increase in something.
There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border...
The disease can also cause a build up of pressure in the inner ear leading to severe earache.
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2.
The build-up to an event is the way that journalists, advertisers, or other people talk about it a lot in the period of time immediately before it, and try to make it seem important and exciting.
The exams came, almost an anti-climax after the build-up that the students had given them.
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build-up
¦ noun
1. a gradual accumulation or increase.
2. a period of excitement and preparation before a significant event.
build up
ALBUM BY RITA LEE
Build Up (Rita Lee album)
v.
1) (D; tr.) to build up into (they built him up into a huge success)
2) (D; intr.) to build up to (the tension built up to a climax)
Wikipedia
Build Me Up Buttercup
"Build Me Up Buttercup" is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by the Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals. Young had replaced Clem Curtis during 1968, and this was the first Foundations hit on which he sang.
It hit No. 1 on the Cash Box Top 100 and No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1969. It was also a No. 2 hit in the United Kingdom, for two non-consecutive weeks, behind "Lily the Pink" by the Scaffold. It was quickly certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over a million US copies.
Examples of use of build-up
1. Perhaps Rooney‘s just seen his fiance‘s shopping bills! – Phil Bailey, Shrewsbury Post – achievement depression Build up, nearly there, build up.
2. Pranab Mukherjkes visit to Washington, and also the build-up, military build-up and Chinese threat in the region.
3. Pranab Mukherjke‘s visit to Washington, and also the build–up, military build–up and Chinese threat in the region.
4. FOAM PREVENTS ICE BUILD–UP The foam prevents the build–up of potentially damaging ice when the tank is filled with fuel.
5. The sheer mediocrity of United‘s build–up is astounding.