building on
Expanding from previous
Building on means using something as a foundation or starting point for further development.
When you build on an idea, achievement, or previous work, you extend or expand it rather than starting fresh: The new policy builds on reforms introduced last year.
The phrase suggests continuity and incremental progress—taking what already exists and adding to it.
She's building on her early success with a second novel.
- onTouching from above
- expansionIncrease in scope
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- solid groundStable surface beneath
progression · moving forward · construction · brick by brick · layer by layer · scaffolding · advancement · next level · iteration · over · extension · springboard · evolution · framework · cornerstone · bootstrapping · refinement · atop
building onstarting fresh
Beginning again from zero
starting from scratch · starting over · abandoning · discarding · ignoring
building ontearing down
demolishing · dismantling · destroying · undermining · razing
building onrejecting
Refusing to accept
repudiating · dismissing · negating · denying · contradicting
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