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- noun
ratchet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
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Examples
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I use rachet straps with all of my strap on stands but not with my climbers.
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I use rachet straps with all of my strap on stands but not with my climbers.
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Cheese, it turns out, has been on the defensive increasingly over the past year, as federal regulators rachet up their scrutiny of a growing segment of the food business: artisanal cheesemakers.
FDA ramps up scrutiny on a new area: Cheese Lyndsey Layton 2011
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Then I rachet down, or up, depending on how they react.
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Cheese, it turns out, has been on the defensive increasingly over the past year, as federal regulators rachet up their scrutiny of a growing segment of the food business: artisanal cheesemakers.
FDA ramps up scrutiny on a new area: Cheese Lyndsey Layton 2011
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• FDA ramps up scrutiny on a new area: Cheese: It's been on the defensive increasingly over the past year, as federal regulators rachet up their scrutiny of a growing segment of the food business: artisanal cheesemakers.
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Violence will rachet up, we will send more troops, we want to leave when the local folks can handle the situation, people will die.
Petraeus: Violence will ratchet up in Afghanistan as troops arrive 2009
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The 2 wars, jobs, and rudimentary road conditions also rachet up the rhetorics of the reformers in politics, among other things.
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In fact, if all three signal callers perform well, it likely will rachet up the pressure on London to make a switch from Verica to one of the younger guys.
'Learning curve' differs for Verica, younger Virginia quarterbacks Steve Yanda 2010
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The White House was pursuing a bipartisan strategy in both legislation and tone even before the Tucson shootings, which has encouraged activists on both sides to rachet down their rhetoric.
White House 'open' to GOP suggestions to improve health law Perry Bacon Jr. 2011
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