Words similar to ratchet

Example sentences for: ratchet

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The coverage stresses that this episode is bound to ratchet up friction between the two countries, who've already had a ground war earlier this summer.
Zmuda writes--perhaps in an effort to ratchet up the mystery factor--"I've often been asked, 'Had Andy lived, what would he be doing?