Mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction.
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The unignorable question now is whether it has suffered an irreversible rachet of decline?
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Most relationships fail not because of who we are (control freaks, lovers of rachet lovers, etc.
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There is the creaking of a chain, and the loud tinkle as the check of the capstan falls into the rachet.
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Because of that hideous smile, Matthew felt the danger in the room rachet up, like a bowstring tightening to loose an evil arrow.
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Siptu, the union representing the drivers, said the action by the company appeared to show it was attempting to "rachet up" the dispute.
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They began their sloshing ratch back to east.
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If you're trying to ratch off a lee shore it's no time to be pulling down your canvas.
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You had no business ratching out of that harbor in the dark.
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Making Ratched a human being was no small feat.
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About Ratch Group PCL Ratch Group Public Company Limited is a Thailand-based holding company engaged in the investment in other companies.
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And I wanted to ratchet that up 10 times for Green Room.
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This summit is about persuading other countries to ratchet up their ambition.
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The ratchet of the wheel clacked, and the hurried ticking was loud.
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Instead, she's managed to ratchet up the already lofty expectations even further.
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You could deliberately ratchet up your privacy settings, but most students didn't.
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She spoke quietly, but Oliver felt the tension ratchet up a notch.
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You remember, boys, we've got a ratchet brace there, and several bits.
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Like I was Suzanne's thick-necked boyfriend, the same ratchet of righteous anger.
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An odd sound emerged from his mouth, rather like a stuck ratchet.
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Tensions between Israel and Iran have continued to ratchet up in recent days.
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Governments were given the five-year grace period to ratchet up their national goals.
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She warned that the vote on Thursday would ratchet up pressure on Ireland.
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The latest deal will immediately ratchet up the pressure on competitors.
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That looks like a way to ratchet up political pressure on the seller.
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So I gotta make sure he doesn't bring home nothing ratchet.
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The rational solution is to ratchet up the level of enforcement.
