CRANK (UP) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

crank (up)

verb

Definition of crank (up) next

as in to trigger

to cause to function crank up the CD player so we can dance

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Earlier on Wednesday, the union representing the department’s rank-and-file officers, whose complaints to county officials triggered the report, asserted that their recent public criticism of Corpus only had to do with her job performance.

Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
First, Earth's gravitational pull is expected to trigger tremors across the asteroid beginning about an hour before its closest approach.

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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