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Discover LudwigThe phrase "built me" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone or something that has shaped or influenced your character, skills, or identity.
Example: "The challenges I faced in my childhood built me into the person I am today."
Alternatives: "shaped me" or "molded me."
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(He has also recorded a cover of the American country singer Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me").
Prison built me for that".
"He built me up, made me better.
Both stripped me down and built me up again.
They built me a custom trailer, a little Bambi that unfortunately got stolen.
She once built me a doll house out of a stack of shoeboxes.
"People built me up as a two-dimensional icon for something I was not.
Even if I did now I'd be long gone before they built me one," Momepele says.
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But he can build me a house anytime.
"He offered to build me a house," she said.
That means – Peter: My goddam parents gonna build me a funny wall?
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