work sth up
— Phrasal Verb with work /wɜːk/ verbDefinition
› to develop an idea, a plan, etc. by considering all the details: The commission promised to work up proposals for limiting tax fraud.
(Definition of work sth up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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