Definition of step up
step up
verb
- to get in someone's face to show that you are not scared of another person.
Why don't you step up?!
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Originally submitted by ashley from Altus, OK, USA on Jun 05 1999. (Edit this definition.)
- to rise to a challenge.
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 11 2010. (Edit this definition.)
verb - transitive
- to increase or improve.
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- See more words with the same meaning: to increase.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 10 2011. (Edit this definition.)
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- up
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- to increase
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