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prove up on 
carry out the improvements required to gain the patent on homesteaded land.
See also: improvement prove up
- 1922 "At least it should take as long to get married as to prove up on a homestead," Jake remarked. . . .
- 1945 They had managed to prove up on a homestead .. .
- 1922 "At least it should take as long to get married as to prove up on a homestead," Jake remarked. . . .