ratchet

Converse of object

• have: The dial also has a sun compass function Has a 10 hour ratchet operated rotating bezel, with bezel rider tabs for easy gripping.
• use: Easy to use ratchet controlled independent back height adjustment.
• tighten: Every new treaty, directive and regulation tightens the ratchet even further.

Noun used with modifier

• drive: In about 1982 - 83 I bought a short 3/8 drive ratchet, about £ 25 I think.
• handbrake: All we can say is that the handbrake ratchet is part of the MOT Test.
• tension: The dramatic tension ratchets up because we see his deviousness long before the Americans notice it.

Adjective modifier

• directional: Has a sturdy uni directional ratchet operated rotating bezel in mat black.
• sturdy: Has a sturdy steel ratchet operated uni directional rotating bezel.
• non: The rotating slide rule bezel is bi directional and and non ratchet.
• one-way: The one-way ratchet enshrined in the legislation is entirely wrong.
• built-in: The built-in ratchet provides a simple solution when space is limited.

Modifies a noun

• wrench: All models are supplied in steel storage case or tray and are suitable for use with air impact guns and air operated ratchet wrenches.
• spanner: Normally a ratchet spanner is quite a bit thicker than a normal one due to the mechanism.
• strap: Did you know, we also sell quality ratchet straps?
• mechanism: The ratchet mechanism for the gate paddle is fitted.
• wheel: A bar on a pivot called the " pawl " is fixed above the ratchet wheel.
• device: Provided that they are properly maintained, counterbalance springs and similar counterbalance or ratchet devices to hold them in the open position are acceptable.

Preposition: up

• tension: Royal Mail ratchets up the tension in the post office Royal Mail's cost-cutting is creating the conditions for a possible national dispute.
• pressure: It's to ratchet up the international pressure on Iran.
• performance: What can we do to ratchet up the performances?