"turn up the volume on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: turns up the volume on [present, singular, third-person], turning up the volume on [participle, present], turned up the volume on [participle, past], turned up the volume on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=turn up the volume on}} turn up the volume on (third-person singular simple present turns up the volume on, present participle turning up the volume on, simple past and past participle turned up the volume on)
  1. (idiomatic) To increase the intensity of; to focus on; to highlight or emphasize. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: turn the volume up on
    Sense id: en-turn_up_the_volume_on-en-verb-iofwzXFA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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