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rev up
Idioms and Phrases
Increase the speed or rate of, enliven, stimulate, as in Bill revved up the motor , or They looked for ways to rev up the ad campaign . The verb rev is an abbreviation for revolution , alluding to the rate of rotation of an engine. The idiom dates from about 1920 and has been used figuratively since the mid-1900s.Example Sentences
If the main parties are downbeat, Farage is all revved up: arriving on stage at his campaign launch on a tractor.
“We must focus on revving up a transformed messaging machine for the new political paradigm,” Carville wrote.
The idea seemed so wild and provocative — siccing U.S. troops on a peaceful neighbor — that Mexican officials figured it was nothing more than Trump bluster aimed at revving up his base.
But as her band revved up “Karma,” she offered one more valedictory thought, thanking her fans for “being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date — my beloved Eras tour.”
Lady Gaga performed a soulful version of “God Bless America” and spoke about empowering women, revving up the crowd.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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