step up
1. increase in extent or intensity (Freq. 3) - The Allies escalated the bombing • Syn: escalate, intensify • Ant: de-escalate (for: escalate) • Derivationally related forms: step-up, intensity (for: intensify), intensification (for: intensify), escalation (for: escalate) • Hypernyms: increase • Hyponyms: redouble • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. speed up (Freq. 2) - let's rev up production • Syn: rev up • Hypernyms: increase • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 3. make oneself visible; take action - Young people should step to the fore and help their peers • Syn: come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step to the fore, come out • Hypernyms: act, move • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s
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