rev up

1. Increase the speed or rate of, enliven, stimulate, as in Bill revved up the motor, or They looked for ways to rev up the ad campaign. The verb rev is an abbreviation for revolution, alluding to the rate of rotation of an engine. The idiom dates from about 1920 and has been used figuratively since the mid-1900s.

Example Sentences

Self-driving cars are here, revved up and ready to go, according to one analyst, who is confident that Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. has effectively “solved” autonomy.

Read more on MarketWatch

Elsewhere in the stock market, chip shares revved up following the latest round of artificial-intelligence-linked deals.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Sears has made girls’ sports a central theme of her campaign, which probably revs up GOP voters.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Two years later, as his campaign for the 2024 GOP nomination was revving up in earnest, the New York Times reported:

Read more on Salon

One more wicket as the shadows lengthened would have given India a massive boost and Bumrah was revved up for a final spell.

Read more on BBC

Related Words

• advance 
• expedite 
• further 
• hasten 
• open up 
• quicken 
• spur 
• step up 
• stimulate