bulk sth up
— phrasal verb with bulk uk/bʌlk/us/bʌlk/verb
to make something bigger or more powerful by adding to it:
Several countries in the region are bulking up their military power.
If you travel light, you can always bulk up your wardrobe from local market stalls.
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Augmenting and supplementing
- a new lease of life idiom
- accrual
- accrue
- add
- add on sth
- addendum
- addition
- broaden/expand/widen sb's horizons idiom
- bulk
- extension
- gain
- horizon
- incremental
- interpolate
- new
- tag sth on
- top sth up
- weight
- write
- write sth into sth
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to add weight and size to your body, especially by gaining more muscle:
Will Smith bulked up his body to play the part of Mohammad Ali.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enlarging and inflating
- balloon
- bloat
- blow
- blow sth up
- blow up
- broaden
- build (sb/sth) up
- deepen
- engorged
- enlarge
- expand
- flare
- fluff sth up
- inflate
- lengthen
- magnification
- puff
- scale sth up
- stretch
- widen
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