rackets

Example Sentences

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“That rachets it up to a whole other level because this might be their one chance to better the United States in anything.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2021

Because once the round of 64 kicks into gear Thursday, the number of close games rachets up to 17 percent, then 23 percent for all the subsequent rounds combined.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2013

While Peggy gets her head down and improves after being treated unfairly, Pete rachets up the melodrama and tells Trudy "I got fired".

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2010

That corsets wuld be pervided with rachets and set screws, to nabel them to be drawn more titely round the waste.

From The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 by Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller