Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ratchet_down

1 sense of ratchet down

Sense 1
ratchet, rachet up, ratchet down -- (move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool")
       => advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on -- (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on")