rev up

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o aumento da rotação de um motor ou, em sentido mais amplo, o aumento de energia, atividade ou intensidade.

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

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Increase engine speedinformal

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

   Acelerar o motor

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaccelerategunopen upracerev

2. Increase energy or activityinformal

   To make something more active, exciting, or intense.

   Acelerar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosboostenergizegalvanizeintensifyinvigorateliven uppep upstimulate

   Antônimoscalmcooldiminishquietsubdue

Verbo baserev