Complete Definition of "crank up"

English

Verb
en-verb
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crank+up
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#To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
#:Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin.
#idiom To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.
#:He cranked up the volume to 11.

Translations
trans-top|To start something mechanical
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trans-top|To increase
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