How to Use rev up in a Sentence

rev up

phrasal verb
  • Last year, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump revved up the crowd.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2023
  • So get a head start and revved up for Black Friday beauty deals.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 21 Nov. 2023
  • London, a cool tourism hot spot, is revved up for a tourist-eager 2024.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Chip and Joanna Gaines are getting revved up in roller skates.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Thus far, the film is revving up its engine to the tune of a $10 million domestic gross.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 June 2024
  • Each side is likely to rev up their campaign to build support from the public.
    Erik Wasson, Bloomberg.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Keep your LinkedIn page fresh and renew, restore, and rev up your contacts.
    Anne Chow, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Katie Hafner: The swinging sixties were just revving up.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Sunday should again see highs in the 50s with another chance of rain as a coastal storm tries to rev up, but the details are fuzzy for now.
    Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • With gas cars, starting off from a stop requires the engine to rev up a bit before the car can start moving.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Henry has to be salivating at the prospect of crashing through lighter boxes with more space to rev up.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Alcaraz nailed some winners, while Nadal revved up his serves and managed to tie it up at 9-9 with a volley that brought the crowd to its feet.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2024
  • This border-town high school is revving up students for an EV workforce.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
  • At the same time, the fall performance schedule, for such groups as Utah Symphony, are just revving up.
    Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • An alternative source of revenue has revved up to plug this gap.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Live Coverage Feed 4 hours ago The stock-market rally is revving up.
    Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • All of this publicity does seem to have revved up interest in the band’s comeback.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 16 Sep. 2024
  • There was a bit of a lag between depressing the pedal and the artificial din of an LFA’s 4.8-liter V10 revving up, but the concept was clear.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • After perhaps a long summer of travel, why not get revved up to explore closer to home?
    Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Pulling out onto the main road, the Elantra N's engine revved up like a classic, angry turbo-four and double-timed once the tach needle swept past 4,500 rpm.
    Peter Nelson, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024
  • There hasn’t been any revving up in regards to team activity and he’s continued to put in the same workload he’s been doing for a while now.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Uber | View profile Uber reported a 29% rev up in revenue in the first quarter compared to last year, pushing shares up 15% this week.
    Richard J. Chang, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • Our bodies have evolved to rev up our immune response when we get invaded.
    Ada Fenick, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Taking the microphone after Harris, Walz revved up the crowd for the rigorous campaign to come.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Aug. 2024
  • But while some were calling for Biden to step aside, others urged patience with the candidate as the campaign revved up to the November election.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 28 June 2024
  • The Swiss scientists were also surprised to find that instead of revving up the zebra fish, the cocaine suppressed their movements.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 26 July 2023
  • Disconnect the fuel lines to empty them as well, and then rev up your mower one more time to burn off any trace of remaining fuel.
    Michelle Ullman, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Earnings season is revving up, and Bank of America has picked out a series of stocks to buy in advance of their quarterly reports.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 July 2024
  • The chain has also been ramping up discounts and offers in the past few months in an attempt to rev up sales after a disappointing quarter.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 10 July 2024
  • Wallace is a friendly, bearded, open-collar sort who always seemed five minutes from revving up a backhoe.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024

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