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Meaning of work up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

work up

verb

Definitions

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

    Example: He worked up the public's passions to rage.

  2. To develop.

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

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

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