stepped up
Rose to occasion
Stepped up describes something that has been increased or intensified: stepped-up security at the airport, stepped-up production to meet demand.
The phrase comes from the verb step up, meaning to increase effort or take on greater responsibility: She stepped up when the team needed leadership.
Someone who has stepped up has risen to meet a challenge.
- increaseGrowth in amount
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- strengthenMake more robust
- acceleratedIncreased in velocity
- escalatedIncreased in severity
intensify · boosted · raised the bar · advanced · intervened · assumed · volunteered · answered the call · proactivity · leadership · determination · hastened · accountability · heightened · amplified · resolve · took charge · took the lead
- intensifiedamplified, boosted, enhanced, heightened, increased
- took actionacted, took charge, took control, took command, initiated
- ledled, commanded, directed, governed, guided
- actedportrayed, performed, pretended, mimicked, impersonated
- taking risksdared, bet, gambled, risked, wagered
stepped upstepped back
Moved away backward
backed down · shrank back · backed off · chickened out · retreated
stepped upstepped down
scaled back · dialed back · wound down · tapered off · eased up
stepped upstepped down
stepped back · stepped off · stepped away · moved back · retreated
step, stepped, stepping, steps, stepper, stepwise, upper, upped, uppermost