verb
bolster or strengthen
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We worked up courage
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build up confidence
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ramp up security in the airports
• Hypernyms: ↑increase
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
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ˌramp ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they ramp up he/she/it ramps up present participle ramping up past tense ramped up past participle ramped up] phrasal verb
to increase something such as a rate or level, especially the rate at which goods are produced
We’ve had to ramp up production to meet demand.
Thesaurus: to increase, or to increase somethingsynonym
Main entry: ramp
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ramp up [phrasal verb]
ramp up or ramp up (something) or ramp (something) up : to increase or to cause (something) to increase in speed, size, etc.
Work started slowly, but now we're ramping up to full speed.
The company has been ramping up production.
The work is going too slowly. We need to ramp it up a bit.
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Main Entry: ↑ramp
Useful english dictionary. 2012.