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to scale up
[phrase form: scale]
01
to cause an increase in the amount, size, or significance of something
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
up
Base verb
scale
Present tense
scale up
3rd person singular
scales up
Present participle
scaling up
Past simple
scaled up
Past participle
scaled up
Examples
The government announced initiatives to scale up renewable energy sources to reduce carbon emissions.
02
(of a system, factory, etc.) to expand operations to handle more demand
Examples
By utilizing cloud computing services, businesses can start with minimal infrastructure costs and scale up gradually as their data storage needs increase.
