rev up

What does rev up mean?

rev up means "speed up". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rev up?

Close synonyms include step up, rev. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rev up a common word?

rev up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rev up come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.