build up (v.)

• advertise
• aggrandize
• aggravate
• amplify
• annoy
• assemble
• augment
• ballyhoo
• bark
• bill
• bloat
• boost
• broaden
• build
• bulk
• bulletin
• burlesque
• caricature
• circularize
• combine
• compose
• constitute
• construct
• crescendo
• cry
• deepen
• deteriorate
• develop
• dilate
• distend
• embitter
• embody
• enhance
• enlarge
• establish
• exacerbate
• exaggerate
• exalt
• exasperate
• expand
• extend
• fabricate
• fatten
• form
• heighten
• hike
• huff
• hyperbolize
• incorporate
• increase
• inflate
• intensify
• irritate
• join
• lengthen
• magnify
• make
• maximize
• mix
• organize
• overcharge
• overdo
• overdraw
• overestimate
• overpraise
• overreach
• overreact
• overstate
• overstress
• parlay
• placard
• plug
• post
• promote
• provoke
• publicize
• puff
• pump
• pyramid
• raise
• rarefy
• sell
• sharpen
• sour
• spiel
• stretch
• structure
• sufflate
• swell
• synthesize
• thicken
• tout
• travesty
• up
• widen
• worsen