Idiom
build character
Meaning
To improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Doing difficult chores helps you build character.”
“My father always said that working a summer job in the heat would build character.”
“Although the grueling training program was exhausting, the coach insisted that the struggle would ultimately build character in his young athletes.”
Examples
simple
“Doing difficult chores helps you build character.”
contextual
“My father always said that working a summer job in the heat would build character.”
complex
“Although the grueling training program was exhausting, the coach insisted that the struggle would ultimately build character in his young athletes.”
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