Work up

verb

Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.verbTo raise; to excite; to stir up.

"He worked up the public's passions to rage."

2.verbTo develop.

"I shall have worked up an appetite with all this heavy work."

3.verbTo give (a patient) a general medical examination to assess health and fitness.

4.verbTo use up (material, etc.).

5.verbTo set at an irksome or needless task.

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