ratcheting (up)

variants also racheting (up)
present participle of ratchet (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratcheting (up)
Verb
  • Carpenter has been steadily building up to pulling double duty on the show for more than a year.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Both teams are 1-0 and building up playoff aspirations, and the latest Parsons-Daniels matchup is must-see stuff.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • August 20, 2025 – Bryan Danielson pumping up the crowd on AEW Dynamite.
    Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even the normally surefire element of a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with its blasts of dissonance pumping up the squirm factor, adds to the heavy-going effect of a movie that seems to go out of its way to be grating.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Ratcheting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratcheting%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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