step up

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verb

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