v.
1.enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
2.form or accumulate steadily
3.prepare oneself for a military confrontation
4.bolster or strengthen
5.change the use of and make available or usable
Idiom of the Day
praise (someone or something) to the skies
to give someone or something much praise
The teachers praised the principal to the skies for the new policies at the school.