build-up
/ˈbɪldʌp/ noun [U]Definition
› when something slowly increases: [usually singular] the build-up of traffic
the build-up to sth UK › the period of preparation before something happens: There was a lot of excitement in the build-up to the Olympics.
(Definition of build-up noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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