ramp up

To make the amount or level of something increase quickly.

• We need to ramp up production.
• The company ramped up spending on advertising.
• Can we ramp our efforts up before Friday?

How to use it: ramp something up (The factory ramped its output up.); ramp up something to something (They ramped up production to five hundred units daily.)

Similar words: increase, boost, step up

Opposites: reduce

Common phrases: ramp up production, ramp something up

To increase quickly to a higher level.

• Demand ramped up quickly.
• Production ramped up as more workers arrived.
• Will sales ramp up again before the holidays?

How to use it: ramp up to something (Production ramped up to a thousand units a day.)

Similar words: increase, rise, grow

Opposites: decrease

Common phrases: ramp up quickly, ramp up sharply

To begin operating and quickly build up activity.

• The new factory is ramping up.
• We ramped up the project with a small team.
• The delivery service will ramp up next month.

How to use it: ramp up something (They are ramping up a new delivery service.)

Similar words: start up, launch, get going

Opposites: shut down

Common phrases: ramp up operations, ramp up a project

To get an activity, system, or process started.

• We need to ramp up production.
• They ramped up operations at the new factory.
• Can you ramp the system up today?

How to use it: ramp something up (We need to ramp the new system up before Monday.)

Similar words: start up, launch

Opposites: shut down

Common phrases: ramp up production, ramp up operations