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RELATED WORDS : act up add up ante up back up backed up ball up balled up bang up bear up beat up beef up beefed up belly up belt up bind up blaze up block up blow up blowing up blown up board up bob up bollix up bollixed up bollocks up bolster up bomb up bone up book up boost up botch up bottle up bound up box up brace up break up brick up bridle up bring up bringing up brisk up bristle up brush up bubble up buck up bucked up build up bump up bunch up bundle up buoy up burn up bust up butter up button up buy up call up carve up cast up catch up catch up with caught up caught up in chain up chalk up charge up chat up check up on cheer up chew up chin up chirk up chock up choke up choose up chop up chuck up the sponge chum up churn up clam up clap up clean up clear up climb up clock up clog up close up cloud up clouding up clutter up cobble up cock up come up come up against come up to conjure up cook up coop up corbel step cork up cotton up cough up coughing up couple up cover up cozy up crack up crank up crap up creep up crock up crop up crow step curl up curled up cut up dam up dance step deck up dig up digging up dish up divided up divvy up do up doctor up doll up dolled up done up dope up double up drag up draw up dream up dredge up dress up dried up drink up drive up drive up the wall drum up dry up drying up dummy up earth up ease up eat up edge up end up even up face up face up to faggot up fake up false step fancied up fancy up fatten up fed up felt up fess up fetch up fig up fill up finish up fire up firm up first step fix up flame up flare up fluff up fog up fold up follow up follow up on foot up fork up fort up foul up frame up freshen up fuck up furbish up gang up gang up on gas up gather up gear up get up ginger up give up giving up glam up go up go up in smoke gobble up goose step grow up grown up grub up gum up gummed up gussied up gussy up half step ham it up hang up hard up hash up haul up head up heap up heat up heated up heave up heft up held up het up high up higher up hike up hit it up hit up hitch up hive up hoke up hold up hole up hook up hook up with hop up hopped up hot up hung up hurry up hush up hype up ice up in step in step with jack up jazz up jolly up juice up jump up jumping up and down keep step keep up kept up key up keyed up kick up kink up kit up knock up lace up laid up land up lap up laugh it up lay up lead up let up lift up light up lighten up limber up line up lined up link up live it up live up to liven up load up lock step lock up log up look up look up to looking up loosen up louse up made up make up make up one's mind make up to mark up mat up matte up measure up measure up to meet up with mess up messed up mix up mixed up mock up mop up mount up mount up to move up muck up mucked up muddy up muffle up mug up muster up offer up open up own up pal up pass up patch up pay up pen up pent up pep up perk up perked up pick up pick up the gauntlet pile up pin up pipe up play up play up to plump up point up polish up pony up pop up pound up prang up pretty up prick up prim up prop up propping up psych up psyched up puff up puffed up pull up pull up short pull up stakes pumped up push up put up put up job put up to put up with queue up rachet up rack up raise up rake up ramp up rev up rig up ring up rip up rise up roll up rope up rough up round up rout up rub up ruck up ruffle up run up runner up sack up save up saved up scale up scare up scoop up scrape up scratch up screw up scrub up scrunch up seal up sell up serve up set up sew up sex up shack up shake up shape up shine up shine up to shoot up shore up shoring up show up shown up shrivel up shut up sidle up sign up silt up sit up size up slack up slice up slick up slicked up slip up slow up slurp up smarten up smash up smell up snap up snarl up snatch up sneak up soak up soaking up soar up sober up soften up sop up soup up speak up speak up for spear up speed up speeded up spice up spiff up spiffed up spirit up spit up split up sponge up spring up spruce up spruced up square up stack up stand up stand up for stand up to start up stay up steam up steamed up step step aside step by step step dancing step down step forward step in step ladder step lively step on step on it step out step rocket step stool step to the fore stick up stick up for stink up stir up stirred up stop up stopped up stored up straighten up strike up string up stuck up suck up suck up to sum up summing up summon up sunny-side up swallow up sweep up swell up swept up swoop up swot up take up take up arms take up with taken up tart up team up tear up tee up tense up think up throw up tidy up tie up tied up tier up tighten up tog up togged up tone up toss up tot up tote up touch up touch up paint trice up trick up trip up true up trump up trumped up tune up turn up turn up the heat turn up the pressure turned up tying up up up and down up country up here up in arms up in the air up on up quark up the stairs up to up to her neck up to his neck up to my neck up to now up to our necks up to their necks up to your neck use up used up using up vamp up vomit up wake up waking up wall up warm up wash up washed up well up whip up whole step whomp up whoop it up wind up wipe up wise up work up worked up wound up wrack up wrap up wrapped up wrapped up in write up wrought up yield up zip up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb step up has 3 senses

• step up(v = verb.change) escalate, intensify - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
is one way to increase
Derived form noun step-up₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• step up(v = verb.change) rev up - speed up; "let's rev up production"
is one way to increase
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• step up(v = verb.motion) come forward, come out, come to the fore, step forward, step to the fore - make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"
is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

step up

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

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