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rev
verb as in accelerate
verb as in institute
Example Sentences
Most of its featured romantic betrayals and fistfights were real, revved into the red by producers taking advantage of their subject's emotional discombobulation.
“We must focus on revving up a transformed messaging machine for the new political paradigm,” Carville wrote.
“She had some past history of illness, was told not to cross a line, didn’t listen, revved her engine, and continued driving. The barriers stopped her.”
The idea seemed so wild and provocative — siccing U.S. troops on a peaceful neighbor — that Mexican officials figured it was nothing more than Trump bluster aimed at revving up his base.
But as her band revved up “Karma,” she offered one more valedictory thought, thanking her fans for “being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date — my beloved Eras tour.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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