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Happy student Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Ramp up (v)
I ran into a word 'ramp up' (as a verb), couldn't fully understand its meaning with dictionaries. Could you please explain it to me?
Thank you in advance!
Thank you in advance!
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Hi As a noun, a ramp is a slope and it is used in various contexts. In the UK, you might see one used to help a person with a wheelchair or pushchair board a train or bus "To ramp up" extends the idea and means, metaphorically, "to climb the slope". It usually means, to increase something.
- Hi As a noun, a ramp is a slope and it is used in various contexts.
- In the UK, you might see one used to help a person with a wheelchair or pushchair board a train or bus "To ramp up" extends the idea and means, metaphorically, "to climb the slope".
- It usually means, to increase something.
- If you are playing music and you ramp up the sound, you play it more loudly The phrase is often used in business.
- If a company makes a small quantity of a new item and finds that it is successful, they will probably ramp up production (= make more of those items) Dave
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As a noun, a ramp is a slope and it is used in various contexts. In the UK, you might see one used to help a person with a wheelchair or pushchair board a train or bus
"To ramp up" extends the idea and means, metaphorically, "to climb the slope". It usually means, to increase something. If you are playing music and you ramp up the sound, you play it more loudly
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As a noun, a ramp is a slope and it is used in various contexts. In the UK, you might see one used to help a person with a wheelchair or pushchair board a train or bus
"To ramp up" extends the idea and means, metaphorically, "to climb the slope". It usually means, to increase something. If you are playing music and you ramp up the sound, you play it more loudly
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