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crank up

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crank someone up
Fig. to motivate; to get someone started. (See also crank something up.) See if you can crank up your brother and get him going on time today. Some mornings, I can't crank myself up enough to get to work on time.
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crank something up 

1. to get a machine or a process started. (Alludes to turning the starting crank of an early automobile.) Please crank the machinery so the workers can start working. Let's crank up the drill and make a few holes here in the wall.
2. to increase the volume of an electronic device. He cranked it up a little more and CRACK, there went both speakers! Kelly cranked up his stereo until we were nearly deafened.
See also: crank, up
crank up something also crank something up
to increase something To meet the demand for their baked goods, the plant has cranked up the speed of the production lines. The volume was cranked up so high that he had to scream in order to talk to the woman next to him.
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Using a push-pull training program will crank up your metabolism and will also allow you to be able to split workout routines for maximum organization and time management.
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com says it's time to see a doctor if you can't hear on the phone; have trouble following conversations with more than one person; crank up the TV volume; or think everyone else is mumbling.
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Lose the au naturel look and brush out that bed-head hair, it's time to crank up the glamour to full volume.
Make up: Put on your party face by XPRESS (United Arab Emirates)
 
 
 
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