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- noun Plural form of
rachet .
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Examples
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And up rachets his value as an entertainment asset.
Debra Levine: David Hallberg, Matinee Idol, in Bolshoi Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" Simulcast This Weekend Debra Levine 2011
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And up rachets his value as an entertainment asset.
Debra Levine: David Hallberg, Matinee Idol, in Bolshoi Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" Simulcast This Weekend Debra Levine 2011
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His constant chattering gives other people license to talk and then the volume rachets up exponentially.
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If GW is indeed A then we need a mechanism which levers the comparatively tiny human effects on the environment and rachets it up to a big effect.
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That corsets wuld be pervided with rachets and set screws, to nabel them to be drawn more titely round the waste.
The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858
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It easily and suddenly rachets up the hotness factor x1,000,000!!!
QueerClick QueerClick 2010
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The move rachets up pressure on the smartphone's Canadian makers Research in Motion (RIM) to satisfy a demand from the Indian home ministry for access to the heavily encrypted corporate emails and messaging service.
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India rachets up pressure on BlackBerry INDIA has sent a formal notice to mobile operators ordering them to ensure security agencies can monitor BlackBerry messages by the end of the month.
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The move rachets up pressure on the smartphone's Canadian makers Research in Motion (RIM) to satisfy a demand from the Indian home ministry for access to the heavily encrypted messaging service and corporate emails.
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The move rachets up pressure on the smartphone's Canadian makers Research in Motion (RIM) to satisfy a demand from the Indian home ministry for access to the heavily encrypted messaging service and corporate emails.
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