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step up

English

  1. 🔊 speed up
    “let's rev up production”
  2. 🔊 increase in extent or intensity
    “The Allies escalated the bombing”
  3. 🔊 make oneself visible
    “Young people should step to the fore and help their peers”

Similar words

escalate intensify rev up come to the fore step forward come forward step to the fore come out accelerando accelerate acceleration accost advance aggravate aggravation amplify approach appropinquate approximate bear down on bear down upon bear up beef up beefing-up