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stepping upverbpresent participle of step up to make markedly greater in measure or degreecandidates stepping up their campaigns as election day draws near stepped up the pace to catch up with the others accentuating, amping (up), amplifying, beefing (up), boosting, consolidating, deepening, enhancing, heightening, intensifying, magnifying, redoubling, strengthening broadening, enlarging, expanding, extending, lengtheningaccelerating, hastening, quickeningemphasizing, pointing (up), sharpening, stressingaugmenting, enforcing, reinforcing(also reenforcing), restrengthening, supplementingmaximizingenlivening, jazzing (up)aggravating, exacerbating abating, moderating decreasing, diminishing, lessening, letting up (on), reducing, subduing, toning (down), weakeningdwindling, receding, subsiding, tapering (off), waningalleviating, easing, lightening |