rev up
phrasal verb
revved up; revving up; revs up
informal
1
: to become more active
The campaign is revving up.
2
: to make (someone or something) more active or effective
Big business spending is revving up the economy.
The company is getting revved up for the launch of its new product line.
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But now—especially with the advent of AI and an increasingly unpredictable geopolitical situation—the demands on CFOs are really revving up.
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
The big disconnect between Trump-era ideas for revving up the birth rate and what would actually persuade folks like me to have kids lies in who these policies center: babies, not the people who create them.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Apr. 2025
But their relationship didn’t rev up until years later.
—Alexandra Hurtado, People.com, 8 May 2025
The lawmaker’s scrutiny of news organizations is similar to Trump, who has also revved up his attacks on public broadcasters and outlets the president says have been particularly critical of him.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
The big disconnect between Trump-era ideas for revving up the birth rate and what would actually persuade folks like me to have kids lies in who these policies center: babies, not the people who create them.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Apr. 2025
But their relationship didn’t rev up until years later.
—Alexandra Hurtado, People.com, 8 May 2025
The lawmaker’s scrutiny of news organizations is similar to Trump, who has also revved up his attacks on public broadcasters and outlets the president says have been particularly critical of him.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Rev up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rev%20up. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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