How to pronounce “crank up”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
• (idiomatic, reflexive) To muster up the mental energy to do something.
• (idiomatic, slang) To prepare (something).
• (idiomatic) To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.
• To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote.
• (slang, intransitive) To inject heroin.

Practice Nearby Words

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