crank up
Verb
Meaning
rotate with a crank
start by cranking
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crank up the engine
As the British and Australian central banks prepare to crank up their money-printing presses and the U.S. election outcome ups the pressure for more Federal Reserve action, one thing is clear - already-scarce government bonds will get harder to find.
Go ahead and crank up the volume — you won’t get a hint of distortion even at the highest settings.
Here's Gino Spocchia on one way he's handling the presssure: as his re-election team crank up their efforts to associate Joe Biden with Beijing to turn the Sinophobic sentiments Trump and Mike Pompeo have whipped up to their advantage.
Technology such as heat pumps help EVs—or plug-in hybrids like the RAV4 Prime—stay efficient year-round, as do the bun-warmers and heated steering wheels that make us less likely to crank up the heat.
Did Mr. Peabody crank up the Way-Back vocabulary machine?