crank up

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Verb

crank up

1. 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.

2. (idiomatic) To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.

   He cranked up the volume to 11.

3. To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote.

Translations

• German: ankurbeln
• Russian: заводить
• Spanish: arrancar

Translations

• French: monter
• Russian: прибавить звука
• Spanish: aumentar, subir

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