to build up; to complete; to construct; to create; to put together
to make up; to fabricate; to invent; to cook up
十年かけて会社を作り上げた。
I built up the company over ten years.
彼は十年かけて独自の理論を作り上げている。
He has built up his own theory over ten years.
嘘の話を作り上げるのはやめてくれ。
Stop making up lies.