rev up
Example Sentences
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Can Apple’s new CEO rev up the Steve Jobs innovation engine?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But as the removal vans rev up again in Downing Street, Burnham's arrival gives Labour a "second chance to make a first impression", according to one minister.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The "Avatar" films "connect everywhere around the world," Gross said, adding that the 20th Century movie -- like its predecessors -- would likely rev up on "outstanding word-of-mouth."
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
If you have a chance to do so, you will rev up the machinery needed to build an atomic bomb as quickly as possible.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025
Sometimes when he is making an aside he will rev up even further, as if to put in his own verbal parentheses.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
