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Crank up

verb, slang

Verb

1
To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
"Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin."
2
rotate with a crank wordnet
3
To muster up the mental energy to do something. idiomatic, reflexive
"I kept thinking: this has nothing to do with my interests, with what I believe is a desirable subject for literature. I was doing it as a performance. I kept cranking myself up to perform, to meet the demands of the genre. I know this sounds terribly inartistic."
4
start by cranking wordnet
5
To prepare (something). idiomatic, slang

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6
To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something. idiomatic
"He cranked up the volume to 11."
7
To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote.
"Was the great machine ever what it was cranked up to be?"
8
To inject heroin. intransitive, slang

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