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(countable, medicine) A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness. examples
(chemistry) All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product. examples
(military) A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation.
(uncountable) Synonym of scrub baseball quotations examples
The first time I saw Amity we were in front of her house playing work-up, a baseball variation where you move from position to position by outs until you get to bat.
2014, Tom Bentley, Flowering: And Other Stories
An unfinished or unfinalized version; a draft, prototype. quotations examples
He toured Japan with Judy Collins, and on his return in 1967, he presented the initial work-up on "Alice's Restaurant" at the WNYC Folk Song Festival.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 289