build sth/sb up
— phrasal verb with build uk/bɪld/us/bɪld/verb built, built
to praise something or someone in a way that will influence people's opinions; to make a person feel more confident:
A good teacher builds you up.
For weeks the media has been building up the national basketball team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Praising and applauding
- a pat on the back idiom
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- cheer
- extol
- felicitations
- fete
- full marks to sb idiom
- give sb five idiom
- lay
- pat
- praise
- recognize
- rhapsody
- round of applause idiom
- shout-out
- sing
- sing the praises of sb/sth idiom
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