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build upon

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Verb1.build upon - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"
build on, repose on, rest on
depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on, ride - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"
owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"


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This is in the supposition of his attachment continuing what it now is; but I do not know that I expect it will; I do not look upon him to be quite the sort of man I do not altogether build upon his steadiness or constancy.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
"She certainly has improved, but appearances are deceitful, and she had no constitution to build upon," croaked Aunt Myra.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Prudence is indeed the duty which we owe to ourselves; and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in discharging their duty to us; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will, I am afraid, be too apt to build upon it.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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