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Definition of Turn up the pressure
1. Verb. Apply great or increased pressure. "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn Up The Pressure
Literary usage of Turn up the pressure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"If it turn up, the pressure diminishes and the spring B brings the plane forward
and depresses the rudder. If the aeroplane tilt to one side, it slides down ..."
2. Aeronautical Practice by American School (Chicago, Ill.), Charles B. Hayward (1912)
"If it turn up, the pressure diminishes and the spring B brings the plane forward
and depresses the rudder. If the aeroplane tilt to one side, it slides down ..."
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