"spool up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: spools up [present, singular, third-person], spooling up [participle, present], spooled up [participle, past], spooled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} spool up (third-person singular simple present spools up, present participle spooling up, simple past and past participle spooled up)
  1. (aviation, of a turbine engine) To increase in rotational speed, producing an increase in thrust. Categories (topical): Aviation Related terms: spoolup
    Sense id: en-spool_up-en-verb-Cwqch9qW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (figurative) To be brought into full operation; to reach full potential or capacity. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-spool_up-en-verb-wHRC9SqN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I guess it shows a couple of things, doesn't it; one is, when we're talking about 1941, although the industrial potential of the United States is there, the actual industrial production that we're so used to thinking of when it comes to World War II hasn't quite spooled up yet, because we're talking - we're talking there, about, as you say, they're quibbling about the Navy requisitioning a number of guns that's the equivalent to, later in the war, y'know, barrel-wise, the same number as you'd find as the heavy antiaircraft armament of a single battleship, and they're smaller guns[…]",
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