ratchet
/ˈrætʃɪt/noun
उच्चारण रैचिट
रैचेट, दाँतेदार चक्का (जो एक ही दिशा में घूमता है)
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[C]
a device with a wheel that has teeth around it, which allows movement in one direction only
रैचेट, दाँतेदार चक्का (जो एक ही दिशा में घूमता है)
- The jack has a ratchet that stops it slipping down.
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[T, I] ~ (sth) up/down
to increase or decrease, or make something increase or decrease, step by step
धीरे-धीरे बढ़ाना या घटाना
- The rival countries ratcheted up their military spending.
→Phrasal verbs 2
ratchet sth up
to increase something by a series of steps, so that it is difficult to bring it back down
धीरे-धीरे बढ़ाते जाना (तनाव, दबाव, कीमत आदि)
- Both sides ratcheted up the pressure before the talks.
- The new tax has ratcheted up prices.
ratchet down
to decrease, or make something decrease, by a series of steps
धीरे-धीरे घटाना
- The bank has ratcheted down its growth forecast.
§Grammar and usage
Usage: ratchet up is common in news with tension, pressure, rhetoric and prices, and it suggests an increase that is hard to reverse.
Usage में ratchet up ख़बरों में tension, pressure, rhetoric और prices के साथ आम है, और यह ऐसी बढ़ोतरी का संकेत देता है जिसे वापस मोड़ना कठिन हो।