to crank up
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3.8
- phrasal verb
- /kræŋk ʌp/
- Informal
:
aumentar
- Hey, let's hit the phones out there and crank it up because we're gonna feed the whole world tonight!
- crank up the volume
- crank up the music
- crank up a notch
And then we crank things up even more here in the seventh spot.
- And then we crank things up even more here in the seventh spot.
- And does Dan still crank up Def Leppard when their songs come on?
- So before I whip out these questions, let's take a little AC break, shall we crank it up.
- So the more stages you break it into, the more that you can potentially go ahead and crank the clock up, but then you're doing the less work in each cycle, right, Right.
Examples
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First thing I do is I crank up my car and then I put my seat belt on.
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If you can see the bubbles there, when I crank the voltage up, it starts to bubble much more quickly.
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So let me just crank up the speed here and start the program.
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It's not gonna work unless you crank it up.
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I hope you will have time to crank it up and really listen to these songs.
Blog text (18) -
So every now and then, we crank up the tunes, and remind our stupid bones who's boss!
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I pushed it shut, shivering, went to the thermostat, and cranked up the heat.
Fiction book (2002) -
Crank up the volume.
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Crank it up!
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To enjoy the party more, we decided to crank up the music volume.
Synonyms
∞
2.9
To make an amount, level, or value higher
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5.5
To become larger, more serious, or more intense
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4.1
To make a feeling, effect or situation stronger
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3.4
Make something greater in amount, speed or strength
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4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
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2.7
To make something more active, alert or interested
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3.4
To become more intense or make a situation more intense
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4.5
To increase something gradually in stages
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4.1
To increase something, especially its amount or speed
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3.9
To make prices rise to a higher level, often quickly
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4.5
To make something stronger or more effective
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4.7
To give more energy to something, for example with electricity or light
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4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
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4.2
Make a situation more urgent to force someone to act
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4.1
Rise quickly to a much higher level
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3.4
To raise prices or amounts by a lot
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3.7
To make a sound or electronic signal louder using equipment
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6.7
To increase something slowly until it becomes hard to reduce
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5.9
To raise prices or rent suddenly by a lot
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2.0
Make the sound from a radio, TV, or speaker louder
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1.3
Make an amount or level higher
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4.8
Raise prices or fees suddenly by a large amount
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4.4
Increase very quickly to a much higher level
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5.8
To make something much more powerful or effective
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5.4
To add fuel to a fire or make energy and excitement stronger
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3.4
Make the sound louder on a radio, music player, or TV
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3.9
To try to make someone change what they do by making them feel more stress
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4.6
To make something faster or more active
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6.2
To make something much faster or more effective
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7.1
Gradually become stronger until a high point
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7.7
To become more active or exciting in a situation
To increase something to its highest or most extreme level
Make the sound louder by turning the volume control
Turn a control to make music louder
To work much harder and faster to get something done
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
Make people more interested and eager about something
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to increase or raise' follows directly from combining 'crank' (to rotate a handle, often to increase power or motion) with the particle 'up' (indicating increase). This is a regular verb+particle compositional pattern (similar to 'turn up'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Crank up also comes from the image of turning a crank harder or faster to make a machine stronger or louder. That's why it now means 'to increase' something, like volume or production.