rev something up

rev something up
rev something up
to make an idling engine run very fast, in short bursts of power. •

Hey! Stop revving it up!

I wish that Tom wouldn't sit out in front of our house in his car and rev up his engine.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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