revving up
Building engine power
Revving up is increasing an engine's speed, especially while stationary: He sat revving up the motorcycle at the stoplight.
Figuratively, it means building energy or momentum before action: The campaign is revving up for the final stretch.
You rev up a crowd, an economy, or yourself before a big effort.
- warming upPreparing body for exertion
- energizingImparting renewed vitality
- intensifyingIncreasing in strength
- galvanizingSpurring into sudden action
- turbochargingForced air compression
getting pumped · building momentum · acceleration · picking up speed · ignition · mobilizing · gearing up · vroom · throttle · full throttle · pedal to the metal · amplifying · stimulating · RPM · boosting · hyping · priming · invigorating
- machine idiomswell-oiled machine, gears turning, firing on all cylinders, grinding gears, full steam ahead
- intensificationamplification, escalation, heightening, intensification, magnification
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- getting readyget ready, readying, be prepared, equipping, gear up
- powering upcharging, activating, energizing, turning on, powering up
revving upidling
Operating without working
winding down · stalling · shutting off · decelerating · throttling down
revving upwinding down
Gradually decreasing toward conclusion
calming down · cooling off · slowing down · de-escalating · relaxing
revving upwinding down
Gradually decreasing toward conclusion
wrapping up · shutting down · scaling back · standing down · disengaging