Translations for „ratchet up“ in the English » German Dictionary

ratchet up VB trans inf

to ratchet up ⇆ sth

etw Schritt für Schritt verstärken [o. inf hochkurbeln] [o. inf hochfahren]

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English

People who can afford two or more homes help to ratchet up the cost and shortage of housing.

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To create the illusion of a longer game, designers would often ratchet up the difficulty level and force players through multiple recycled environments.

arstechnica.com

No other basic taste has this capability to ratchet up taste perception.

theconversation.com

This silly move will only ratchet up tension in an already volatile environment.

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Employees are all set to ratchet up the protests.

www.deccanherald.com

In some cases, their pay and benefits are cut, while retirees' pensions ratchet up with inflation.

www.theglobeandmail.com

The emergence of the new parties in parliament could ratchet up pressure for a firmer negotiating stance in peace talks.

www.metronews.ca

And pressure on the land and trees ratchet up from population growth, inflow of migrants and poverty.

opinion.inquirer.net

One that consumers regularly bring up is reviewable whole-of-life insurance policies, which allow providers to ratchet up the cost of premiums as people get older.

www.independent.ie

Older pinball machines used an electromechanical system for scoring wherein a pulse from a switch would cause a complex mechanism composed of relays to ratchet up the score.

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