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Noun step up has 1 sense
- increase, step-up - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
--1 is a kind of change of magnitude
--1 has particulars: | | addition; advance, rise; appreciation; surge, upsurge; augmentation; amplification; expansion, enlargement; escalation; maximization, maximisation, maximation; exaggeration; expansion, expanding upon; accumulation, accrual, accruement; inclusion; aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation; strengthening; intensification; intensification; split, stock split, split up |
Verb step up has 3 senses
- escalate, intensify, step up - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
--1 is one way to increase
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- rev up, step up - speed up; "let's rev up production"
--2 is one way to increase
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out - make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"
--3 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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