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amp up

verb

  1. to increase
  2. to increase the power or force of (something)
  3. to excite, arouse, or work up (a person, emotions, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"You want to amp up the American presence in the north and its control over those northern reaches," Williams said.

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If you'd like to amp up the richness, a knob or two of butter added directly to the surface of the steak about halfway through the cooking process will help add moisture, color and flavor.

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Eventually settled, the crowd got a series of instructions: Find the fire exits, don’t swear, amp up the enthusiasm.

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Wofford noted that the winds are likely to amp up again Wednesday evening, bringing up to 50-mph gusts.

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It’s a white supremacist group calling itself RAM — a swaggering, belligerent acronym for the Rise Again Movement that to all appearances is a cluster of melanin–obsessed men dedicated to the brand of brutish mayhem that white supremacists amp up for.

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