power up

verb

1. tr, adverb to switch on the power to (a computer system)
2. to begin to make good use of or take full advantage of

Example Sentences

He turned his headlight power up and examined the hand closely, there could be no doubt about it.

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The wind swept with blinding power up the now mostly deserted thoroughfare.

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There is said to be "an immense water power up the Wallamott or Mulnomah."

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There's many a family chief who governs wisely and gently, who is loth to give the power up when he should.

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The father has legal power up to the time when his children come of age; then it ceases.

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