Usually means: Increase speed, activity, or excitement.
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  1. rev up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rev up: Merriam-Webster
  3. rev up: Vocabulary.com
  4. rev-up: Wordnik
  5. rev up (sb/sth): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rev up: Wiktionary
  7. rev up: Dictionary.com
  8. Rev Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. rev up: Rhymezone
  10. rev up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. rev up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. rev up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rev up: Encyclopedia

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  1. rev up: Idioms

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  1. Rev Up: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rev up)

verb:  (idiomatic) To increase the speed of an engine, especially that of a stationary motor car.
verb:  (by extension, transitive) To make (someone or something) more active.
verb:  (by extension, intransitive) To become more active.

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