The net effect was to rachet up the competitive pressures on Detroit, not ease them.
From the businessweek.com
This should be a dish that sticks to your ribs, so why not rachet up the rich ingredients?
From the guardian.co.uk
Universal appealed the rating and tried to rachet up public outcry.
From the newsweek.com
Every year, it seems to rachet up in lock step.
From the forbes.com
They will be relying on a massive boost from a parochial crowd at the Horse Guards Olympic venue to rachet up their international standing.
From the telegraph.co.uk
To their most indebted customers the banks can exploit, rachet up the APRs, and generally abuse their position in the full knowledge their is little the customer can do.
From the guardian.co.uk
Some clients with sever obsessive compulsive disorder rachet this concern up to the point that they spend hours reviewing everything they right to insure a complete absence of errors.