Today’s “Word of the Day” is crank up and it is a phrasal verb meaning “to increase the intensity/level of something; to increase the sound/volume of something (particularly, a radio/TV); to increase the output of something; raise, intensify, make larger/bigger, amplify, improve, expand, enlarge, heighten, enhance”.
Example Sentence: China is still balancing its twin aims of containing the spread of Covid and re-engineering its economy along similar lines to the rest of the world. It is difficult to see how China’s economy can crank up again until the country reduces its internal restrictions and reconnects with the world.
This word is present in The Guardian article Zero Covid can’t continue in China. Reopening is the only way to quell public anger and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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