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scale up

[/skeɪl ʌp/]
verb (phrasal verb)
aumentar a escala
1. to increase the size, scope, or production of something
The company decided to scale up its operations to meet growing demand.
A empresa decidiu aumentar a escala de suas operações para atender à demanda crescente.
2. to make something bigger or expand its capacity
We need to scale up our workforce to handle more projects.
Precisamos aumentar nossa força de trabalho para lidar com mais projetos.
3. to upgrade or improve the quality or level of something
They scaled up their marketing efforts significantly this quarter.
Eles aumentaram significativamente seus esforços de marketing neste trimestre.
Synonyms
expandenlargeincreaseamplifyboostramp upstep up
Antonyms
scale downreducedecreasedownsizeshrinkminimize

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
aumentar a escala
most common usage in business and tech contexts
General Brazilian
expandir
alternative used in business contexts
Portugal
aumentar a escala
standard usage, same as Brazilian Portuguese
Portugal
ampliar
alternative in formal contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

scale up production
scale up rapidly
scale up to meet demand
scale up operations
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