bottom-up
adjective/ˌbɒtəm ˈʌp/
/ˌbɑːtəm ˈʌp/
- (of a plan, project, etc.) starting with details and then later moving on to more general principles
- a bottom-up approach to tackling the problem
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBottom-up is used with these nouns:- approach
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