crank something up

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• crank something up — 1. tv. to start something up. □ I’ll go out and crank the car up so it can warm up. CD Crank up the copying machine. We’ve got a big job to do. 2. tv. to increase the volume of an electronic device. □ He cranked it up a little more and CRACK,… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• crank something up — informal increase the intensity of something. → crank …   English new terms dictionary

• crank something up — (informal) INCREASE, intensify, amplify, heighten, escalate, add to, augment, build up, expand, extend, raise; speed up, accelerate; informal up, jack up, hike up, step up, bump up, pump up. → crank …   Useful english dictionary

• crank something out — ˌcrank sthˈout derived (informal) to produce a lot of sth quickly, especially things of low quality Syn: ↑turn out Main entry: ↑crankderived …   Useful english dictionary

• crank something out — tv. to produce something; to make a lot of something. □ She can crank mystery novels out like fury. They’re all good, too. CD That man does nothing but crank out trouble …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• crank something out — informal, derogatory produce something regularly and routinely. → crank …   English new terms dictionary

• crank out — verb produce in a routine or monotonous manner We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding • Syn: ↑grind out • Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑bring forth • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

• crank up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you crank up a machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level. [BRIT] [V P n (not pron)] Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you crank up a machine or device, you …   English dictionary

• crank — crank1 verb 1》 turn a crankshaft or handle, especially in order to start an engine. 2》 (crank something up) informal increase the intensity of something. 3》 (crank something out) informal, derogatory produce something regularly and routinely. 4》… …   English new terms dictionary

• crank — crank1 [kraŋk] n. [ME < OE cranc , as in crancstæf, yarn comb, CRINGE, CRINKLE: basic sense “something twisted”: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or… …   English World dictionary

• Crank It Up (Ashley Tisdale song) — Crank It Up Single by Ashley Tisdale from the album Guilty Pleasure …   Wikipedia