crank up | Idiomator

Meaning: Tostartsomething mechanical, an act that often used to involvecranking.Let'scrank upthe old motorcycle and take it for a spin.; (idiomatic,reflexive)Tomuster upthe mental energy to do something.1976August 14, John Mitzel, Richard Hall, “The Whodunit Writer: Why He Dun It”, inGay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 7: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 keptcranking myself upto perform, to meet the demands of the genre. I know this sounds terribly inartistic.; (idiomatic,slang)To prepare (something).; (idiomatic)Toincrease, as thevolume,powerorenergyof something.Hecranked upthe volume to 11.2010December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, inBBC‎[1]:And it was not until Ryan Shawcross's towering header was cleared off the line by Danny Murphy on the stroke of half-time that Stoke started tocrank upthe pressure and suggest they were capable of getting back into the match.; Todescribeinpraiseworthyterms; topromote.2003, Chris Jenks,Transgression:Was the great machine ever what it wascranked upto be?2004, Michael Pinchot,Panamanian Tundra, page66:Let's hope your ol' buddy Majors is all he'scranked upto be, for we're about to introduce him to what you yanks refer to as hard ball.2013, Alistair Moffat, Susan Mansfield, Alexander Smith,The Great Tapestry of Scotland: The Making of a Masterpiece:That whole campaign was a damp squib, theycranked it upas a real possibility that Scotland might win, and when we actually got there it didn't happen like that, and everybody came home quite early with their tails between their legs.; (slang,intransitive)Toinjectheroin.

Examples:

EN: Well, I'm going out there and crank up the jalopy.
ES: Entonces ve ahí fuera y prepara el coche.
EN: Well, you can just take 'em, crank up that thing and go right on back where you came from.
ES: Pues, enciende esa cosa y regresa al lugar de donde viniste.
EN: Will you crank up that thing there?
ES: ¿Puedes girar esa palanca de ahí?
EN: Just as soon as i crank up.
ES: - En cuanto arranque el motor.
EN: I hear they crank up the heating system full blast in the summer.
ES: He oído que en verano ponen la calefacción a toda potencia.
EN: Wagner, crank up the radar.
ES: Wagner, sube el radar.
EN: If you're getting on a soapbox, we'll have to crank up the table.
ES: Si te pondrás a pontifiicar, la mesa te quedará baja.
EN: What is it with you? You can't wait to crank up those M-16s?
ES: Button, se como son ustedes, están deseando poder usar estos elegantes M16.
EN: I can't see the patient. [Potter] Father, get 'em to crank up that emergency generator pronto.
ES: Padre, que enciendan el generador de emergencia pronto.
EN: Right. I crank up those speakers any louder, I'm gonna kill fish.
ES: Cierto. pongo esos parlantes más altos, y voy a matar peces.
EN: Try to crank up this party to a nice respectable level.
ES: Tratando de llevar esta fiesta a un nivel respetable.
EN: Just crank up the volume And yank off the knob
ES: Sólo sube el volumen a tope y arranca la rueda
ES: Sólo sube el volumen a tope y arranca la rueda
ES: Sólo sube el volumen a tope y arranca la rueda
EN: We'll just crank up the feedback and drown him out.
ES: Simplemente pondremos en marcha el retroalimentación y ahogarlo.
EN: quot; Just crank up the music. quot;
ES: Solo sube el volumen y no oigas los gritos de tus padres.
EN: quot; Just crank up the music. Don't wanna hear your parents scream!
ES: Sube el volumen, no escuches los gritos de tus padres.

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