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stepping up

noun as in acceleration

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“These women are stepping up to take control of the future of their country,” Barsa added.

He says he is over the moon about the summit and the way business elites are stepping up to the challenge of Africa.

“It was almost instant; people were stepping up,” Arnold says.

They are stepping up production of original shows to challenge Netflix.

The Central European members of NATO, meanwhile, are stepping up their own defense plans and their military spending.

Mr Maxwell had seen Mr Fleming stepping up the brae, and he knew well that no words of his could comfort him.

He walked around her and looked her over from every angle—occasionally stepping up to trim some point to a more desired shape.

Mudjikewis, stepping up, gave a yell, and struck the bear a blow on the head.

Stepping up softly behind them, Vulcan drew the net over their heads, and thus held them fast.

It causes the stepping-up of the human physical structure into an infinitely higher rate of vibration.

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to step up, such as: boost, escalate, hasten, improve, increase, and intensify.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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