workup

workup
n.
series of tests

1) to do a workup

2) a diagnostic workup

* * *
(misc.) she workuped her way up to the top
['series of tests'] to do a workup
a diagnostic workup
(d; refl., tr.) ('to excite') to workup into (he workuped himself up into a rage)
(d; refl., tr.) ('to incite') to workup to (the orator workuped the crowd up to a fever pitch)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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