RAMP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ramp up mean? 

• RAMP UP (verb)
  The verb RAMP UP has 1 sense:

1. bolster or strengthen

  Familiarity information: RAMP UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAMP UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bolster or strengthen

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

build; build up; ramp up; work up

Context example:

ramp up security in the airports

Hypernyms (to "ramp up" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Verb group:

build; build up; progress; work up (form or accumulate steadily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

As the atmosphere thickens, the thrusters will be forced to ramp up their activity, going from 10 percent of their capacity to 100 percent in the span of about a minute.

(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)

Again as we ramp up the power to bigger and bigger lasers then, yes, you can actually start moving it enough to what we call de-orbit the satellite by reducing its velocity enough that it starts to change orbit height and eventually hits the atmosphere and the atmosphere takes over and drags it, Smith said.

(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)