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Saraba Posted 10 years ago
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What is the meaning of "building on" in this sentence?

The peppercorn is building on me.
  

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Where did you find that sentence?
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Hi, it is in this video.
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sarabaWhat is the meaning of "building on" in this sentence?
In my opinion, the speaker just made up a new expression. I've never heard "building on" used in that way. In fact, it's really just "building" with "on me" as the second part. From context, however, I think we all understand that he means that the peppercorn is becoming more and more intense and
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saraba The peppercorn is building on me.
I'm fed up with/sick and tired of the peppercorn.
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Anonymous saraba The peppercorn is building on me.I'm fed up with/sick and tired of the peppercorn.
Hmm. How did you arrive at that interpretation?

(Have you watched the video, by the way?)

CJ
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It seems to be stronger than that. CJ's idea seems more likely to me.
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I'm pretty sure I've heard this expression before, the meaning as explained by CalifJim.

A quick Google search throws up one other example:

"the habenero started building on me"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/18ubph/anyone_have
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Thank you very much everybody.
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