'step up' definitions:
Definition of 'step up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" [syn: escalate, intensify, step up] [ant: de-escalate, step down, weaken]
verb
Speed up; "let's rev up production" [syn: rev up, step up]
verb
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 up, step to the fore, come out]
Synonyms of 'step up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerando,
- accelerate,
- acceleration,
- accost,
- advance,
- aggravate,
- aggravation,
- amplify,
- approach,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up,
- beef up,
- beefing-up,
- blow up,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- charge,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come up,
- complicate,
- concentrate,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- condense,
- confront,
- consolidate,
- consolidation,
- crack on,
- deepen,
- deepening,
- double,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- drive,
- electrify,
- encounter,
- energize,
- enhance,
- enhancement,
- exacerbate,
- exacerbation,
- exaggerate,
- exaggeration,
- explosion,
- gain ground,
- gain upon,
- galvanize,
- generate,
- getaway,
- hasten,
- heat up,
- heating-up,
- heighten,
- heightening,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- hurry,
- hurry up,
- impetus,
- information explosion,
- intensification,
- intensify,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- loop in,
- magnification,
- magnify,
- make complex,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- open the throttle,
- pick up speed,
- pickup,
- plug in,
- population explosion,
- proximate,
- put on,
- put on steam,
- quicken,
- quickening,
- race,
- ramify,
- redouble,
- redoubling,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- rev,
- shake up,
- sharpen,
- shock,
- short,
- short-circuit,
- sidle up to,
- soup up,
- speed up,
- speedup,
- step down,
- step on it,
- stiffen,
- strengthen,
- strengthening,
- switch off,
- switch on,
- thrust,
- tightening,
- triple,
- turn off,
- turn on,
- whet
Words containing 'step up'
- Step,
- Step-,
- Stepped,
- Stepping,
- To step in,
- To step into,
- To step off,
- To step out,
- in step,
- in step with,
- step by step,
- step down,
- step in,
- step on,
- step on it,
- step out,
- stepping down,
- steps,
- step-by-step,
- Back step,
- Bed steps,
- Half step,
- Lock step,
- Step grate,
- Step-down,
- Step-up,
- Stepped gear,
- To change step,
- To step aside,
- To step forth,
- To step short,
- To take steps,
- corbel step,
- crow step,
- dance step,
- false step,
- first step,
- flight of steps,
- goose step,
- keep step,
- sea steps,
- step aside,
- step dancing,
- step faults,
- step forward,
- step ladder,
- step lively,
- step rocket,
- step stool,
- step to the fore,
- step-in,
- stepped line,
- stepping motor,
- stepping stone,
- take steps,
- whole step,
- Hop step and a jump,
- Hop step and jump,
- Stepping-stone,
- Two-step,
- corbie-step,
- high-stepped,
- high-stepping,
- one-step,
- step-down transformer,
- step-up transformer,
- hop-step-and-jump