lever

With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.

Suddenly he had levered himself up from the sofa, rocking the lame man violently, and was walking towards the receptionist.

He was a man who levered his way from small-time communist hack to political power by tapping into the most potent vein of historical juice in the Balkans: nationalism.

"The equity holders want you to 'lever up,' use as much debt as you can," said David Stanley, chairman of Kansas City-based Payless Cashways,