Definition of "rachet" [rachet]

• Ratchet (noun)

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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."
• "Violence will rachet up, we will send more troops, we want to leave when the local folks can handle the situation, people will die."
• "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."