"tach up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌtæk ˈʌp/ Forms: tachs up [present, singular, third-person], taching up [participle, present], tached up [participle, past], tached up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tach<tachs> up}} tach up (third-person singular simple present tachs up, present participle taching up, simple past and past participle tached up)
  1. To rev (up) a car's engine; to accelerate.
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          "ref": "1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Vintage, published 2000, page 55",
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