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build on
Also, build upon. Add as an extension; use as a basis or foundation. For example, They decided to build on an addition, or She was building all her hopes on passing the exam. John Locke had this idiom in his treatise on government (1689): “Sovereignty built on ‘property’ . . . comes to nothing.” [Late 1600s]
Example Sentences
The latest draft agreement builds on a previous accord signed earlier, it added.
On Saturday, four of his family members were killed when an Iranian missile struck their home in northern Israel, collapsing the concrete building on top of them.
The children picked up from each other using phrases such as "I would like to build on" or "I would like to challenge" the ideas put forward by their classmates.
In between the news cameras and flowers, a group wandered around the building on a guided tour and legislative officials went about their work in an eerie hush.
In “Materialists,” she builds on that query, creating her own thematic universe where movies made by adults, for adults, have problems that actually reflect the adult experience.
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