ratchetsomethingup/down
phrasal verbwithratchetverbuk/ˈrætʃ.ɪt/us/ˈrætʃ.ɪt/
toincrease/reducesomething over aperiodoftime:
Thedebateshouldratchetupawarenessof theproblemamongmembersof thegeneralpublic.
Thegovernmentwasaccusedof ratcheting uppressureon thehealthservices.
Costs have been ratcheted down by as much as 50percentsince 1999.
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflation
- mushroom
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- stake