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Antonyms for step upstep up

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  1. increase, step-upverb

    the act of increasing something

    "he gave me an increase in salary"

    Synonyms:
    addition, increment, increase, gain, step-up, growth

  2. escalate, intensify, step upverb

    increase in extent or intensity

    "The Allies escalated the bombing"

    Synonyms:
    come forward, rev up, escalate, compound, step to the fore, come to the fore, step forward, heighten, come out, intensify, deepen

  3. rev up, step upverb

    speed up

    "let's rev up production"

    Synonyms:
    come forward, rev up, escalate, step to the fore, come to the fore, step forward, come out, rev, intensify

  4. come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come outverb

    make oneself visible; take action

    "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"

    Synonyms:
    start, bulge out, come forward, escalate, fall out, break through, out, go forth, come on, place, bulge, surface, come in, step forward, step to the fore, intensify, rev up, pop out, egress, bug out, come out of the closet, come to the fore, push through, erupt, turn out, emerge, show up, turn up, pop, issue, appear, protrude, come out, come forth

How to use step up in a sentence?

  1. Arash Sobhani:

    He needs to step up and do what is right. Ban the Iranian federation until they allow all the Iranian women to go to the stadium. They should be just as equal as the men.

  2. Mikael Rautanen:

    The full-year guidance is a slight disappointment. The market remains difficult, which seems to add pressure to step up their cost-savings programme.

  3. Joanne Liu:

    You have the legitimacy and the authority to label it an emergency, you need to step up to the plate.

  4. Lynn Jenkins:

    I just think as a general rule women feel like they need to be asked to step up in leadership, whether Tom Price of Georgia . is in the boardroom or in politics, and that's unfortunate, because men tend to wake up one day, look in the mirror and say,' Darn, I'm good. I'm going to run for Congress' or' I'm going to be speaker of the House.' I haven't met many women who think like that, so we need to change that.

  5. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley:

    I am hopeful and confident that very capable public servants with a desire to serve in the Senate will step up as candidates for this important office, i will not be one of them.

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