ratchet_up
ratchet_up.01 - incremental growth
RATCHET_UP-V NOTES: If ever is seen 'ratchet down' then this verb should not be phrasal,but rather the directional particle should be Arg5. (from ratchet.01-v)Aliases:
ratchet_up (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of growth, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing growing
ARG2-EXT: EXT
ARG3-DIR: start point
ARG4-GOL: end point
ARG1-PPT: thing growing
ARG2-EXT: EXT
ARG3-DIR: start point
ARG4-GOL: end point
quasi-nominal
But the 1989 fall total of 80 , while well below 1988 activity , shows `` a
steadyARGM-MNR
ratchetingrel
uprel
in citizen referenda and initiativesARG1
, '' says Patrick McGuigan , editor of Family , Law and Democracy Report .ARG0 and ARG4
TheyARG0
recentlyARGM-TMP
ratchetedrel
itARG1
uprel
from optionalARG3
to importantARG4
.