Meaning & use
step up
An increase in effort, responsibility, or level, or, as a verb, to take initiative or perform better when needed.
See it in a sentence
Getting promoted to team leader was a real step up in responsibility for her.
The whole team had to step up after their captain was injured before the final.
A note on using this word
As one word, 'stepup' does not exist in standard English; write it as two words for the verb phrase and hyphenate it only when used as a noun or adjective before another noun, as in 'a step-up in class'.
Words with a similar meaning
improvementadvancement
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Words with an opposite meaning
step down
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