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rev
verb as in accelerate
verb as in institute
Example Sentences
Ms. Sears has made girls’ sports a central theme of her campaign, which probably revs up GOP voters.
Expressions of fake awe about motorcycle gangs that pass by displaying Confederate flags and other racist symbols of the Old South and revving their engines for attention.
She demonstrates “rev matching” in her Honda Civic Type R while offering tips on how to navigate a drive-through without stalling.
Most of its featured romantic betrayals and fistfights were real, revved into the red by producers taking advantage of their subject’s emotional discombobulation.
There is, at all times, a prominent undercurrent of confidence that keeps “Caught Stealing” humming in neutral, ready to rev its engines and blast off again.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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