RATCHETS
- A situation or process that is perceived to be deteriorating or changing steadily in a series of irreversible steps
- A device consisting of a bar or wheel with a set of angled teeth in which a pawl, cog, or tooth engages, allowing motion in one direction only
- A bar or wheel that has such a set of teeth
- RATCHET, to move by a ratchet mechanism, also RACHET [v]
- RATCHET, to increase or decrease by small amounts [v]
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