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What does work up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word work up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To raise; to excite; to stir up.
  2. To develop.
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The plan was to pick a middle-of-the-road load to start, and then work up to a safe maximum in reasonable increments.
Usually, once the story begins then I kind of relax into it, but there is sort of an anticipatory work up that happens.
It took me two months to work up the courage to ask her out and the relief and elation when she said yes was immeasurable.
Channel Seven contracted an outside lawyer to work up a draft agreement and has refused to negotiate on anything falling outside its scope.
He pumped a squirt of antibacterial soap into his hands, and rubbed them together to work up a lather.
Here in Southern California we're accustomed to summer westerlies and northwesterlies that kick in about noon and may work up to about 20 knots.

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