phrasal verb

Crank up

Rank #464Letter CInseparable

2Sections

Inject non-medical drugs

Meanings

  • Inject non-medical drugs (separable [optional], International English)
  • machine, originally with a handle (separable [optional], International English)
  • Increase, make something bigger (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • He's been CRANKING UP heroin for years.
  • He CRANKED the saw UP.
  • I CRANKED the volume UP as high as it would go.

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