build into
Britishverb
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It all reduces to the promise of small daily actions that, over time, build into the conquest of your wildest dreams.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
While almost all of the words here scan well line by line, they don’t often build into something profound, and they never seem, from the outside, to be particularly personal to the guy singing them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But it is clear Scotland cannot afford to build into the game, they need the sort of start they got against England when they raced 17-0 ahead.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Thursday, then build into the night, Kittell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
“The blocks build into a column and then we shift over one space to repeat the same sequence.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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