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step up

/ step up /

verb

verb Sense 1

speed up

"let''s rev up production"

Type of:

increase

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 2

increase in extent or intensity

"The Allies escalated the bombing"

Opposites:

de-escalate weaken step down

Type of:

increase

Kinds of:

redouble

Derived:

increase step-up intensity intensiveness intensification

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 3

make oneself visible; take action

"Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"

Type of:

act move

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

Semantic Complexity

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