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What does built upon mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of build upon
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The Navy built upon the work of McCarty Little, continually refining his technique.
Why won't I use western tech even though it has been built upon the knowledge that got transferred to west from Muslims?
The house itself is built upon a lot of greensward which runs down amid some great, beetling rocks.
A network built upon trust and cooperation comes crashing down when thugs and goons roll through the neighborhood.
The war effort was built upon volunteer companies and the amorphous state militias behind them.
His passion for helping the underprivileged, the derelicts of society, and for world evangelization was built upon his passion for Christ.

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