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What does ratchet up mean?

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  1. (transitive) to increase
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It is instead a copyright treaty that would fundamentally ratchet up legal protections for rights-holders.
Conversely, something that initially seems a small and minor incident you might want to ratchet up the scale.
Was this piece of paper reason to stop talking completely and ratchet up the rhetoric?
Anyone can burn-out if we continue to ratchet up the demands on their lives without giving them the means to meet those demands.
More important, it gives him a chance to quickly ratchet up profits by merging the back office and cutting the workforce.
They have to ratchet up because most of the commitments they are making require municipal and provincial partnerships.

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