build up to

build up to something

1. [for a person] to lead up to something or advance to doing or saying something. I can tell you are building up to something. What is it?

2. [for a situation] to develop into something. The argument is building up to something unpleasant.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ramesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Nepali
Mefodiy	-	Russian (Archaic)
Catarina	kah-tah-REE-nah (Italian), ka-ta-REE-na (Galician)	Italian, Portuguese, Occitan, Galician
Comgal	-	Irish
Intan	EEN-tahn (Indonesian)	Indonesian, Malay
Femke	FEM-kə (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian