step up

Thân thiện

The new manager decided to step up and lead the team meeting.

Definition

1. Verb (Transitive & Intransitive):
   • To increase the amount, speed, or intensity of something: To make something happen at a faster rate, in greater quantity, or with more force.
   • To take action or assume a more active or prominent role: To come forward and accept more responsibility, especially in a challenging situation.

Examples of Usage

• Verb (Transitive - to increase):
  • The factory will step up production to meet the new demand.
  • Security has been stepped up around the embassy.
• Verb (Intransitive - to take action):
  • We need someone to step up and lead the project.
  • In times of crisis, communities step up to help each other.

Advanced Usage

• "to step up one's game": To significantly improve one's performance or effort.
  • If you want to make the team, you'll have to step up your game.
• "to step up to the plate": An idiom (from baseball) meaning to take responsibility or take one's turn to act, especially when it is difficult.
  • When the manager resigned, she stepped up to the plate and took over.

Variants and Related Words

• Step-up (noun/adjective): An increase or improvement. (e.g., / )
• Step (verb): The base verb, meaning to move by lifting the foot.

Synonyms

• Increase, intensify, escalate, accelerate, boost (for the meaning of increasing).
• Come forward, volunteer, take charge, assume responsibility (for the meaning of taking action).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Step down: To resign from a position.
  • The CEO stepped down after ten years.
• Step in: To become involved in a situation, especially to help or settle something.
  • The teacher had to step in to stop the argument.
• Step back: To withdraw from involvement or to consider something from a broader perspective.
  • You should step back and look at the bigger picture.

Related Idioms

• Step out of line: To behave inappropriately or break the rules.
  • Any soldier who steps out of line will be disciplined.
• Step on someone's toes: To offend someone by interfering in their area of responsibility.
  • I don't want to step on anyone's toes, but I have some suggestions.

Học thuật

Verb

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• come to the fore
• step forward
• come forward
• step to the fore
• come out
• rev up
• escalate
• intensify