rev up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'augmentation du régime d'un moteur ou, plus généralement, pour stimuler l'énergie, l'activité ou l'intensité de quelque chose.

A phrasal verb used to indicate increasing the speed of an engine, or more generally, to increase energy, activity, or intensity.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Increase engine speedinformal

   To increase the speed of an engine, especially before driving or racing.

   faire monter en régime

   • He revved up the engine before the race started.
   • The driver revved up the car at the traffic light.
   • You can hear the motorcycles revving up in the distance.

   Synonymesaccelerategunopen upracerev

2. Increase energy or activityinformal

   To make something more active, exciting, or intense.

   redynamiser, stimuler

   • The coach revved up the team with a motivational speech.
   • We need to rev up our marketing efforts for the new product.
   • The music revved up the crowd before the concert.

   Synonymesboostenergizegalvanizeintensifyinvigorateliven uppep upstimulate

   Antonymescalmcooldiminishquietsubdue

Verbe de baserev