RATCHET (STH)


Meaning of RATCHET (STH) in English

up

to increase, or make sth increase, repeatedly and by small amounts :

Overuse of credit cards has ratcheted up consumer debt to unacceptable levels.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.