build on

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Weir said the opening of Studio Ulster is "something to really build on".

From BBC

Speaking to AFP two days before the vote, Rahman vowed to build on their legacy.

From Barron's

This new discovery builds on their previous study, which monitored brain activity while participants played the same money-sharing game.

From BBC

“Existing power supplies, development of energy assets, utilizing infrastructure,” Calabria said of the attraction of having data centers build on Origin-owned land.

From The Wall Street Journal

Slapping a tax on disused plots of land would encourage house building on disused sites in Wales, according to government ministers.

From BBC

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