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built character

built character is the simple past and past participle of build character.

Meaning of build character

Verb

build character (third-person singular simple present builds character, present participle building character, simple past and past participle built character)

  1. (idiomatic) To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.
    • Pretty convenient how every time I build character, he saves a couple hundred dollars.1989 January 2, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)

Questions about built character

What is built character the simple past and past participle of?
Built character is the simple past and past participle of build character.

Words near built character in the dictionary

  1. built a better mousetrap
  2. built a case
  3. built air castles
  4. built bridges
  5. built castles in the air
  6. built character
  7. built different
  8. built down
  9. built environment
  10. built environments
  11. built in

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