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ramp up

VERB
  1. bolster or strengthen
    ramp up security in the airports
    build up confidence
    We worked up courage

How To Use ramp up In A Sentence

  • This is bound to cause neck ache, either from whiplash or by making you so tense your neck muscles cramp up. The Sun
  • The first two pretty much sum up Winner's USP - he doesn't buttle these days even if you've won a clutch of Oscars - the very epitome of a wise fool, who knows when to call the shots and when to judiciously ramp up the campery. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • I resent it when my toes are going a bit cattywampus after 8 hours on the retail floor, and when my legs cramp up with the wrong shoes. Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes
  • The majority of brain cells are called excitatory because they ramp up the action of target cells. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Producers can quickly ramp up production.
  • When the GSEs decided to ramp up their purchases of subprime and Alt-A loans, they began to take market share from the private-label issuers but also created greater demand for subprime and Alt-A loans from the mortgage brokers, mortgage bankers, and other members of the originator community. Seeker Blog
  • First, the carbon capping scheme punishes energy users – both commercial and private – by forcing the utility companies to immediately ramp up pricing to carry their businesses through the penalization phase that precedes the greening phase. Environmental Defense Fund: How Capping Carbon Will Create Jobs and Lift the Economy
  • The company announced plans to ramp up production to 10 000 units per month.
  • I've been sitting in this position for a good 2 1/2 hours and my muscles are starting to cramp up.
  • He has been brought in to stabilise the company and ramp up production. Times, Sunday Times
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