Definition of rev up

rev up

• to increase the speed at which something operates.

                                                       
  
  Citation from article title, MSNBC, Jacqueline Stenson, May 26, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to increase.

  Last edited on Oct 08 2009. Submitted by David S. from Seattle, WA, USA on Sep 06 2006.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to increase':
jack up	Definitions include: to break or ruin.
kick it up notch	Definitions include: to increase the intensity of something.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
vamp it up	Definitions include: to increase the sexiness.
skyrocket	Definitions include: to increase very quickly.
step up	Definitions include: to get in someone's face to show that you are not scared of another person.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'rev':
revved up	Definitions include: excited.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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